Red Sox 10 Orioles 8

Driving to Boston for Maya Rain's 4th Birthday party on Saturday we listened to the game on the radio surfing between 4 or 5 different stations as we progressed south and east it's amazing how many holes in the coverage area there are between our home and Boston.

The O's went up 7-0 in the 2nd as Penny melted down, walked in 2 runs and gave up a grand slam. I am proud that I did not feel sick when this happened and was content to keep listening win or lose and the Sox did not disappoint, scoring 4 times in the bottom of the 2nd, and catching up to the O's in the bottom of the 5th and pulling ahead in the 6th 10-8. We arrived at Katie's at the bottom of the 8th and Gaelen and I watched as Papelbon pitched the 9th and won the game on a strike out.

Pedroia went 3-4, Ellsbury 2-5 JD Drew hit a triple and a homer and walked 3 times. Big Papi continues to struggle, he struck out 3 times and Jed Lowrie may be out for the year with a fracture in his wrist. His replacement, Nick Green, went 2-4 and had 2 RBI's.