The cold, damp weather plus some good pitching in the last two games hasn't been kind to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park this week. And it's not expected to change until Sunday at the earliest. The weather that is.
Hopefully the weather along with some good Red Sox pitching cools off the surprising Baltimore Orioles who come to the Fens for a three-game weekend set. Sure it's early in the season but the Orioles are playing some good baseball right now as they sit at 16-9 and 1.5 games out of first place.
The last time the Red Sox faced the Orioles, the fortunes of the local nine changed. It was the Orioles who eliminated the Red Sox from a playoff spot in the last game of the 2011 season.
So while the players may not say this publicly, you have to think they would love nothing more than getting some revenge by picking up a weekend sweep. The Red Sox definitely could need that right now after dropping two straight games to fall back below .500 at 11-13.
The landsc...
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Sox and Dawgs:
PLAYERS:
Adrian Gonzalez,
Carl Crawford,
Bobby Valentine,
Daisuke Matsuzaka,
Nick Punto,
Will Middlebrooks
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees
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