8/2: Dog Days

August 2nd, 2007 GAME THREAD
Jeremy Guthrie, RHP (7-3, 2.89) @ Tim Wakefield, RHP (12-9, 4.59)
Baltimore Orioles (50-56) @ Boston Red Sox (65-42)1:05 PM EDT at Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850, WROL (Sp.)
AL EAST GAMES: CWS @ NYY

PRIOR GAME VS. BAL: Baltimore 4, Boston 5 on 8/1/07 DECISION: W: Javier Lopez | L: John Parrish | S: Jonathan Papelbon STAR OF THE GAME: Dustin Pedroia went 3 for 4 and scored the tying run in the 7th RED SOX’S PREVIOUS GAME: Baltimore 4, Boston 5 on 8/1/07

GAME NOTES: Jeremy Guthrie’s last start against the Red Sox was on May 13th at Fenway Park. He went 8.1 innings, allowing five baserunners and one unearned run. In seventeen starts this season, he has allowed more than three ER only three times…but all of those starts have come within his last six outings. Wakefield is coming off a 4-1 July, but his ERA in that month was 5.52 (the second highest of any month this season). He has not yet faced the Orioles this year.