The Red Sox hoped to bounce back from their extra inning loss to the O's with a win, but came up short. Ryan Dempster pitched well, but suffered from no run support in his effort. The team looked tired and the Sox bats went cold in the 2nd game of the series.
Ryan Dempster had himself a quality start, but it would still end up being a loss. Dempster only gave up 2 runs during his outing and ending up pitching into the 8th inning, but the Sox bats didn't give him any runs to work with. Dempster would give up a single run in the 2nd with a solo HR to the red hot Davis and then another run in the 3rd with an RBI single to Jones. Sox 0-2. Dempster did what the team needed from him though, he gave the bullpen a much needed rest. Most thought that Dempster was done after 7 innings, but he came back out for the 8th and got 2 outs in the inning. Dempster gave up a double to Machado, intentionally walked Davis and the unintentionally walked Wieters to have the bases loaded. Farrell went with Uehara for the final out of the inning which he got with ease. Uehara struck Hardy out with 3 pitches. Dempster's pitching line for the night was 122 pitches, 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 5 BB and 4 Ks. It's a shame that effort ends up being a loss.
As for the Sox offense, there isn't a lot to write about. Tillman basically dominated the lineup. The Sox have played two long extra innings games this week and it looked like it. The team just looked tired. The bats only got 3 hits during the whole game, one by Victorino and two by Iglesias, who is continuing to have his season of destiny. The Sox were never able to stage a rally against Tillman and the O's and went down without much of a fight.
Red Sox 0 Orioles 2 BOXSCORE
WP: Tillman (7-2) LP: Dempster (4-7) SV: Johnson (24)
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