After another disastrous start to a road trip (1-5 through the first six games in Oakland and Seattle), the Red Sox have a chance to break even at .500 tonight as they wrap up their four-game series in Baltimore.
Boston won 9-4 yesterday behind Bartolo Colon (3-0) and four home runs.
The big righty had another decent start as Boston staked him to a 7-1 lead in the fourth inning. Colon ended up going six innings, giving up four runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He left a couple meatballs over the heart of the plate but for the most part, he was hitting the mid-90's and painting the corners.
J.D. Drew (run, 2 hits, 3 RBIs) drove in Mike Lowell (2 runs, 2 hits, 2 RBIs) with a sacrifice fly to put Boston up 1-0 in the second.
Baltimore (26-29) got the run back in the bottom of the inning as Luke Scott was singled home by Adam Jones.
The Red Sox scored three in the third. Manny Ramirez (3 hits, 3 RBIs, 2 runs) knocked in Dustin Pedroia with an RBI double. Kevin Youkilis scored on Lowell's sac fly and Drew's RBI single plated Manny.
Boston opened it up in the fourth with three more runs. Manny hit a two-run shot (No. 501) and Lowell followed him (Ortiz was sitting with a wrist injury) with a solo homer.
Orioles starter Brian Burres (4-5) was charged with seven runs on twelve hits in four innings.
Luke Scott hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth for the Orioles.
Drew added his solo homer in the seventh and then Jacoby Ellsbury (3 hits, stolen base, RBI) knocked in Coco Crisp with a single.
Kevin Millar closed the scoring with an RBI single in the seventh off Javier Lopez.
Tim Wakefield and the underrated Jeremy Guthrie take the hill in the series finale tonight.
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