Jon Lester, looking to continue his long history of success against the Orioles, has matched Alfredo Simon with two scoreless innings.
Red Sox, Orioles Scoreless After Two Innings
In the first inning, Lester gave up a one-out double to J.J. Hardy but escaped with no further damage. And in the second, Lester gave up an infield single to Adam Jones, but got an inning-ending, around-the-horn double play when Mark Reynolds sent a grounder toward Red Sox third baseman Mike Aviles.
Historically, third basemen who start inning-ending double plays typically lead off the next inning with walks, which is exactly what Aviles did, setting up Boston’s top of the order for a big inning. Stay tuned …
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