The Boston Red Sox will begin another exciting run in the Grapefruit League beginning in March. The first game in the 2012 Red Sox Spring Training schedule is on Sunday, March 4 when the team hosts the Minnesota Twins down in Florida. The schedule stretches through April 3 before the regular season opener on Thursday, April 5 against the Detroit Tigers.

2012 Boston Red Sox Spring Training Schedule

Sunday, March 4

Minnesota Twins (SS) at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Monday, March 5

Boston at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 6

Baltimore Orioles at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 7

Boston at Toronto Blue Jays (SS), 1:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 8

Boston at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 9

Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston, 7:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 10

Tampa Bay Rays at Boston, 7:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 11

Boston at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 12

Florida Marlins at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 13

Boston at New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 15

St. Louis at Boston, 2:35 p.m. ET

Friday, March 16

Minnesota (SS) at Boston, 7:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 17

Boston (SS) at Baltimore (SS), 1:05 p.m. ET

Baltimore (SS) at Boston (SS), 1:35 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 18

Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 19

Minnesota at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 20

Toronto Blue Jays at Boston, 7:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 21

Boston at Pittsburgh, TBD

Thursday, March 22

New York Yankees at Boston, 7:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 23

Boston at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 24

Boston (SS) at Florida, 1:05 p.m. ET

Philadelphia Phillies at Boston (SS), 1:35 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 25

Boston at Toronto, 1:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 26

Boston at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 27

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 29

Toronto at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Friday, March 30

Boston at Minnesota (SS), 1:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 31

Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, April 1

Minnesota at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Monday, April 2

Washington Nationals at Boston, 1:35 p.m. ET

Tuesday, April 3

Boston at Washington, TBD

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According to WEEI’s Rob Bradford, the Boston Red Sox are hoping to have their coaching staff vacancies filled before the Christmas holiday. 

Currently on the Sox’s coaching staff is manager Bobby Valentine, hitting coach Dave Magadan, third base coach Tim Bogar and bullpen coach Gary Tuck. With these positions already filled, GM Ben Cherington needs to find a bench coach, first base coach and pitching coach to complete the coaching staff.

These openings came to be after bench coach DeMarlo Hale decided to leave the Red Sox to join the Baltimore Orioles organization, pitching coach Curt Young decided to return to Oakland to be the A’s pitching coach and first base coach Rob Johnson was fired by the team. 

As for their rumored replacements, Cherington was able to confirm that former Astros pitching coach Brad Arnsberg and Rays minor league pitching coach Neil Allen have been interviewed for the pitching coach position. According to Bradford, there has also been speculation that current third base coach Tim Bogar could either slide over to first base or be the team’s bench coach next season, creating another vacancy. Either way, it appears that we will have a resolution sooner rather than later on who will be on Bobby V’s coaching staff next season.

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In 1996, then-Boston Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette (in)famously opined that pitcher Roger Clemens was “in the twilight of his career.”

Clemens, a free agent, then signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, winning consecutive Cy Young awards; was traded to the New York Yankees, where he won World Series titles, recorded his 300th victory and 4,000th strikeout; and made a comeback with the Houston Astros, leading the team to its only National League pennant. In short, after Duquette’s comment, the man known as “The Rocket” won 162 games.

Duquette continued as general manager of the Red Sox until his firing in 2002. When the team broke its 86-year-old curse in 2004, many of the players – Tim Wakefield, Pedro Martínez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek, Manny Ramírez and Johnny Damon among them – had been acquired under Duquette.

Now both Duquette and Clemens are in the news again.

On Saturday night, Duquette returned to Baltimore for his second interview in two days with the Orioles about their vacant general manger position, according Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. Multiple media reports say Duquette is the front-runner for the job, which would be his first in Major League Baseball since leaving the Sox.

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweeted Sunday morning that Duquette was meeting with Orioles owner Peter Angelos. An official announcement appeared imminent.

And Jen Royle, Baltimore radio sports reporter, tweeted: “I would be shocked if deal with #Orioles and Duquette doesn’t get done today. It’s not ‘locked up’ yet.”

Clemens, meanwhile, may be looking for work, too – in Puerto Rico. The New York Daily News reported:

According to Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Dia newspaper, Clemens “wants to pitch” for the same Indios de Mayaguez team that his son Koby is playing for this winter.

Koby Clemens is far less certain, telling Nuevo Dia interview that he doesn’t “know how much interest (his dad) has in playing.”

The Nuevo Dia report quoted an unnamed Indios team member saying the elder Clemens “wants to pitch, that’s 100% sure. I saw his desire to compete again. He was (at) the practice and said he wanted to play with his son.”

The Daily News reported that Clemens’ attorneys, Rusty Hardin and Michael Attanasio, did not return requests for comment. That’s understandable, because Clemens has continued to make headlines in retirement that have kept his legal team busy. He is scheduled to go on trial for a second time in April for allegedly lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs.

The only thing more far-fetched than Clemens making a pitching comeback at age 49? How about Duquette signing him to play for the Orioles?

By the way, Duquette, in addition to not getting enough credit for laying the foundation of the 2004 Red Sox, has been treated somewhat unfairly regarding the “twilight” quote. Here’s the entire quote, as reported by Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald on Dec.14, 1996:

“The Red Sox and our fans were fortunate to see Roger Clemens play in his prime and we had hoped to keep him in Boston during the twilight of his career. We just want to let the fans know that we worked extremely hard to sign Roger Clemens. . . . We made him a substantial, competitive offer, by far the most money ever offered to a player in the history of the Red Sox franchise.

“Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get together. We were hoping he could finish his career as a Red Sox and we also wanted him to establish a relationship beyond his playing career. We wanted him to have the status of a Ted Williams, but at the end of the day we couldn’t get it done.”

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Boston Red Sox vice president of player personnel and pro scouting Allard Baird removed his name from the Baltimore Orioles’ general manager search Friday night.

“I was honored the Baltimore Orioles expressed interest in me as a candidate for their GM position,” Baird said, according to the Boston Globe. “The opportunity to possibly work side by side with Buck Showalter was very attractive. At the end of the day it came down to my loyalty to the Red Sox (and) Ben Cherington.”

Multiple outlets had reported the O’s interest in interviewing Baird earlier Friday.

Baird, a New Hampshire native who has been with the Red Sox since 2006, has big league GM experience, having served in that role with the Kansas City Royals from 2000 to 2006.

This is the second candidate in two days to withdraw his name from the O’s list.

On Thursday, Dodgers assistant general manager DeJon Watson removed himself from consideration, a source told ESPNLosAngeles.com’s Tony Jackson.

Former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette is still under consideration, and will be interviewed for the Orioles’ job, according to reports.

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BOSTON — It’s too early in the offseason for the Boston Red Sox to start considering the status of free agents David Ortiz and Jonathan Papelbon.

Both were major contributors for the Sox this season and both will be looking for multiyear deals at big bucks. Whether they remain with the club remains to be seen, but general manager Theo Epstein said during the team’s postmortem news conference that he would like to have both back in 2012.

“I can’t say too much about that now except the general and the obvious that we’d love to have both guys back if there’s a way to do that,” Epstein said. “They’ve been huge contributors here, not only on the field but as leaders.”

Ortiz was consistent all season and finished with a .309 average, 29 homers and 96 RBIs in 146 games. The team’s designated hitter will turn 36 on Nov. 18 and he has made it no secret he wants a long-term contract with Boston. He made $12.5 million in 2011 after the club exercised its option last winter.

“I think David’s been (a leader) for a long time. He’s been the face of the franchise and instrumental figure in our clubhouse,” Epstein said.

Papelbon picked up 31 saves this season and became the first pitcher ever to record 30-plus saves in his first six full seasons in the big leagues. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, he’ll be remembered for his blown save and loss in Wednesday’s final game of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.

Papelbon said following that loss that he wouldn’t let that moment define his season or his career. When asked if he wanted to remain with the Red Sox, he said that would take care of itself during the offseason. Papelbon, who has signed a series of one-year contracts in his time with Boston, was paid $12 million this season.

Before Papelbon left Fenway Parkon Thursday afternoon he spoke with Epstein.

“I actually told Pap earlier today that he took his overall game to a new level this year, not just on the field, but he demonstrated leadership capabilities,” Epstein said. “There was a time earlier in his career where I never thought I would say that about Pap, but he really matured. He grew up a Red Sox and I was proud with the way he took that next step to lead by example. We’d love to keep both guys if we could.”

Joe McDonald covers the Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com.

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That’s all for today.

The Boston Red Sox and New York
Yankees remain one game apart for the American League East
title after both were crushed last night by teams near the
bottom of the league’s rankings. The Red Sox fell 15-4 to the
Oakland Athletics while the Baltimore Orioles spanked the
Yankees 12-5.

Hurricane Irene, which is battering the East Coast as it
moves through the mid-Atlantic today and into New England
tonight, forced the Yankees to cancel today’s doubleheader
against the Orioles. One game will be played tomorrow in a
doubleheader at Camden Yards, while the second is scheduled for
Sept. 8.

The Boston Red Sox canceled tomorrow’s home game, and will
instead play a doubleheader today.

At Fenway Park in Boston, Scott Sizemore drilled a two-run
homer and Josh Willingham added a second in Oakland’s six-run
fourth inning as the Athletics took an 8-1 lead last night at
Fenway Park in Boston. Five Athletics blasted doubles.

Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs
in the bottom of the fourth for Boston (80-51).

At Camden Yards in Baltimore, A.J. Burnett (9-11) gave up
nine hits and nine runs in five innings to the Orioles, who are
at the bottom of the five-team AL East division.

Mark Reynolds, J.J. Hardy and Matt Wieters hit home runs
for the Orioles, who had a 7-0 lead by the fourth inning.

Jorge Posada put the Yankees’ first run on the board with a
home run in the fifth, followed by homers by Alex Rodriguez and
Nick Swisher in the seventh.

Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to 17 games with
a single in the seventh inning.

The Yankees (78-51) trail the Red Sox by a game, with the
Orioles (52-77) 27 games off the lead. Oakland (60-71) is three
games ahead of cellar-dwelling Seattle in the four-team American
League West.

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Nancy Kercheval in Washington at
nkercheval@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Sillup at
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BALTIMORE (AP)—There have been times this season when Jeremy Guthrie(notes)
pitched well and didn’t get much support. There have also been occasions when he
was admittedly lousy.

So when Guthrie handcuffed the Boston Red Sox and received ample offensive
backing from his Baltimore Orioles teammates in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night, the
losingest pitcher in the majors was delighted with the rare sequence of events.

Guthrie allowed two runs in seven innings, and the Orioles got successive
eighth-inning home runs from Derrek Lee(notes) and Mark Reynolds(notes) in ending a seven-game
losing streak against the Red Sox.

“Good game there. The late runs were huge for us and we played great
defense,” Guthrie said. “This is a win that makes me feel really good, and I
think the team feels good about it.”

Guthrie (4-13) came in with the sixth-lowest run support in the AL, but he
also gave up 12 runs over 10 innings in his prior two starts. In this one,
Baltimore went ahead 3-0 after three innings and the right-hander made the lead
stand up.

It was Guthrie’s second win in 11 starts, but the drought appeared even
longer to some.

“It seemed like he didn’t have a win since ’07,” Orioles center fielder
Adam Jones(notes) said. “That’s what it feels like. We got him an early lead and he
was able to settle down, get comfortable.”

Guthrie gave up eight hits, struck out four and walked one. He had lost
seven straight decisions against Boston since May 13, 2008.

Jim Johnson(notes) worked two innings for his first save. Orioles closer Kevin
Gregg(notes) was unavailable because he was serving a three-game suspension for his
involvement in a bench-clearing melee at Fenway Park on July 8.

During its seven-game skid against the Red Sox, Baltimore was outscored
61-32, so this victory was particularly enjoyable.

“We needed a win against them. They’ve been wearing us out,” Lee said.
“Jeremy gave us just what we needed, a great pitching performance. He went
deep. It’s nice when you can hand the ball over to J.J. with a lead. You’re
feeling pretty confident at that point.”

The Red Sox lost for only the third time in 16 games despite getting a home
run from Jarrod Saltalamacchia(notes), his second in two nights. Josh Reddick(notes) had three
hits and scored a run.

Boston’s Dustin Pedroia(notes) beat out a grounder in the first inning to extend
his hitting streak to 17 games, tying a career high set in 2008. He has also
reached base in 29 consecutive games, which also matches his career-best run.

After lasting only four innings against Baltimore on July 10 in his major
league debut, Kyle Weiland(notes) (0-1) displayed far more poise in the encore. The
right-hander allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.

“I did a better job of controlling my emotions, and the adrenaline,”
Weiland said. “I got a lot quicker to that comfort zone that I was talking
about last time.”

It was an outing similar to many by Guthrie this season.

“He pitched well,” Reddick said, referring to Weiland. “Unfortunately, we
didn’t give him the run support that anybody would want. But he battled his tail
off.”

Guthrie faced a lineup without Boston’s leading home run hitter, David
Ortiz(notes), who is also serving a three-game suspension stemming from the fight in
the previous series between the teams.

The game drew a crowd of 32,314, many of whom were cheering for the Red Sox.
It’s a common occurrence at Camden Yards when Boston comes to town, although
Orioles manager Buck Showalter wasn’t complaining.

“Well, we had a lot of Red Sox people here last night,” he said before the
game. “We’ll take their admission and put it towards keeping our players. Thank
you very much.”

Baltimore went up 2-0 in the second inning when Jones and Matt Wieters(notes)
singled, Reynolds hit an RBI double and Nolan Reimold(notes) followed with a
run-scoring grounder.

Weiland retired the first two batters in the third before Nick Markakis(notes) drew
a walk, Jones singled and Wieters bounced an RBI single off the glove of first
baseman Adrian Gonzalez(notes).

Saltalamacchia made it 3-2 in the fifth with a drive over the right-field
scoreboard after Reddick hit a leadoff double. Boston then put runners on the
corners with two outs before Pedroia grounded out.

The Red Sox didn’t get another runner past first base the rest of the way.

Lee hit a two-run shot and Reynolds added his 21st homer of the season in
the eighth. Both drives came off Alfredo Aceves(notes).

NOTES: Boston’s Jacoby Ellsbury(notes) hit into a DP for only the sixth time in 383
at-bats. … Markakis’ 11-game hitting streak ended. … It was only the fourth
win in 19 games for the last-place Orioles. … Reynolds broke out of a 5-for-39
skid with three hits.

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(Sports Network) – Andrew Miller tries to bounce back from his worst outing
of the season this evening when the Boston Red Sox wrap up a three-game set
with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.

Miller had been terrific for Boston through his first four appearances, but
was roughed up by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday in his first start out of the
break, as he allowed seven runs, five hits and walked five batters in just 2
2/3 innings.

“I just fell behind in some counts and a lot of deep counts, a lot of 3-2
counts,” said Miller, who fell to 3-1 on the year and saw his earned run
average swell more than two runs to 5.68. “I have to do a better job of
attacking the zone instead of trying to hit the corners the whole time. I felt
good coming in. I just went out there and didn’t do a very good job.”

Although Miller recorded just eight outs, he labored through 85 pitches and
failed to register a strikeout for the second straight start.

“The walks really hurt,” said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. “The strike-to-
ball ratio, I don’t think was horrible, but when he threw his balls, they were
all bunched together. It was just a tough way to pitch. His pitch count was so
high. It was kind of obvious that something was not going right.”

Miller had beaten the Orioles in his previous outing, surrendering three runs
and six hits in five innings. He is 1-0 in two starts against them with a 3.00
ERA.

While the sample size isn’t much for most of the Orioles, Mark Reynolds is one
player who has given Miller fits, going 4-for-7 against him three RBI.

Miller should have plenty of support behind him, as heading into action on
Tuesday, the Red Sox had plated 63 runs over their last eight games, while
swatting 20 home runs in that same span. Their 64 home runs on the road this
season are also a major league-high

The Red Sox, whose 12-2 mark in July is tied with Texas for the best in
baseball, also lead the league during the month in runs (98), runs per game
(7.00), RBI (94), homers (26), walks (71) and OBP (.374), and rank second in
doubles (tied, 34), triples (tied, 4), SLG (.519), OPS (.893), extra-base hits
(64) and total bases (262).

Baltimore witnessed first hand just how potent the Red Sox can be on Monday
when the team erupted for 15 runs, eight of which came in the eighth inning.

Hoping to slow down that attack on Wednesday for the Orioles will be right-
hander Jake Arrieta, who is 9-6 on the year, but has been awful of late.
Arrieta was roughed up on Friday by Cleveland to the tune of five runs and
eight hits in five innings, but escaped with a no-decision.

In losing three of his last four decisions, Arrieta has pitched to a 6.92 ERA.

“Each time I go out I’m trying to win a game for the team, and not being able
to do that in my last three or four starts, it is not a good feeling,” Arrieta
said. “Pile that on top of the way that things have been going overall
collectively as a team, it doesn’t feel great.”

Arrieta absorbed the loss against Miller and the Red Sox on July 7, allowing
five runs (four earned) and six hits in 4 1/3 frames. He is 0-1 lifetime
versus Boston with a 6.75 ERA in two starts.

While Baltimore may be struggling, it can’t fault Nick Markakis of late.
Heading into action on Tuesday he had hit safely in 11 straight and 32 of his
last 34 games.

Boston will once again be without slugger David Ortiz and Baltimore will try
to get by without closer Kevin Gregg, as the two sit out the final game of
their three-game suspensions on Wednesday for their part in the wild weekend
at Fenway Park before the All-Star break.

With their victory in the opener of this series, the Red Sox have now beaten
the Orioles seven straight times and have won 10 of the last 14 encounters.

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BALTIMORE (AP)

The Boston Red Sox were coming off an exhausting night. They were missing their leading home run hitter and operating with a thin bullpen.

The Red Sox casually brushed aside those obstacles and cruised to another lopsided victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

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July 18, 2011

BALTIMORE — The Boston Red Sox were coming off an exhausting night. They were missing their leading home run hitter and operating with a thin bullpen.

The Red Sox casually brushed aside those obstacles and cruised to another lopsided victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Dustin Pedroia doubled in two runs to spark an eight-run eighth inning, and the Red Sox got home runs from Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Josh Reddick in a 15-10 rout Monday night.

Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Darnell McDonald had three RBI apiece for the Red Sox, who have won 13 of 15. The run includes a 16-inning victory at Tampa Bay on Sunday night in which Boston mustered only five hits.

Showing very little signs of fatigue, the Red Sox banged out 16 hits in rolling to their seventh straight victory over Baltimore. Boston has outscored the Orioles 61-32 during that span.

The Red Sox checked into their Baltimore hotel around 6 in the morning, grabbed some sleep and put a whipping on the last-place Orioles.

“You guys are putting more into that than we are. If had lost tonight, I wouldn’t have used that as an excuse,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “Everybody is a little tired tonight, but you do what you’re supposed to do.”

It was the first meeting between the teams since the Red Sox recorded a heated four-game sweep at Fenway Park immediately before the All-Star break.

Boston designated hitter David Ortiz and Orioles closer Kevin Gregg began serving three-game suspensions for their part in a bench-clearing incident during that series. Both players were initially suspended for four games before appealing the punishment.

The Red Sox didn’t miss a beat. Boston fell one run short of matching its season high and had six players with at least two hits, including Pedroia, whose 16-game hitting streak is one short of his career high.

“After getting a lot of guys on base and not being able to get the job done [Sunday], it felt good to come out tonight and score some runs,” Reddick said.

After the Red Sox loaded the bases against Mike Gonzalez (1-2) in the eighth, Pedroia hit a tiebreaking two-run double off Jason Berken to make it 9-7. Youkilis added a two-run single, Carl Crawford singled in a run and McDonald capped the uprising with a three-run double.

Asked if it was difficult to play after such a quick turnaround, McDonald said: “It’s not tough at all. This is what we get paid to do – to play baseball. It was nice to come out and get a win after having such a long night.”

Baltimore scored three runs in the eighth, but that just meant the Orioles lost when reaching double figures for the first time since Aug. 2, 2009. That was an 18-10 defeat against Boston.

J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones homered for the Orioles, who have lost 10 of 12.

“A couple guys on, we might have taken a roll at them in the ninth,” Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. “But they pitched a little bit better than we did tonight.”

Dan Wheeler (2-1) got the win with 2 1-3 innings of no-hit relief for starter Tim Wakefield. His performance was particularly noteworthy because Matt Albers, Alfredo Aceves, Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon pitched Sunday night.

“We didn’t have Albers, didn’t have Aceves, didn’t have Bard,” Francona said. “[Wheeler] comes in and shuts them down for a while. That’s what gave us a chance. He threw the ball really well.”

Wakefield gave up seven runs, three earned, and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. He was undone by a particularly wicked knuckleball that produced a strikeout but resulted in a passed ball that fueled a five-run fifth inning that gave Baltimore a 7-6 lead.

Felix Pie opened the fifth by striking out, but he reached when the pitch eluded Saltalamacchia and went to the screen. Hardy, who signed a new three-year contract earlier in the day, hit a two-run homer and Jones drove a knuckleball an estimated 434 feet into the left-field stands.

Later in the inning, Nolan Reimold chased Wakefield with a two-run double.

Youkilis’ RBI single tied it at 7 in the seventh.

After Derrek Lee hit a two-run triple for Baltimore in the first inning, Boston took the lead against Brad Bergesen with a three-run third that began with Saltalamacchia’s seventh homer.

Boston made it 5-2 in the fourth, scoring two unearned runs after Lee let a grounder to first base go through his legs. The miscue ended a run of six straight errorless games by Baltimore.

Reddick homered off the foul pole in the fifth for a 6-2 lead.

Notes

• Crawford (back strain) was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game and went 2 for 5.
• Lee’s triple was his first since Aug. 17, 2009.
• RHP Mark Worrell, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Norfolk before the game, became the 900th player to wear an Orioles uniform. He was charged with three runs without getting an out in the eighth.
• Wakefield’s three strikeouts gave him 1,996 with Boston. Roger Clemens is the only player to have 2,000 strikeouts with the Red Sox.

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