Not Such a Big "O"-rdeal
By Joe Davis
Going into Wednesday night's game, the Baltimore Orioles offense was third in runs scored, tied first for homeruns, and had the highest batting average.
However, David Wells' pitching stifled the O's lineup, throwing eight innings, striking out five, walking one and allowing only three hits.
Brian Roberts, who was on fire this season, had his 14 game hit streak come to an end tonight as he put forth an 0-for.
Manny Ramirez, who recently came out of a hitting slump, put together a nice string of at bats tonight as he was 2 for 2, with a run scored, a double, one RBI, and two walks.
Captain Jason Varitek went 2 for 3, with 3 runs scored, one walk, and a three run blast off of Bruce Chen in the 6th inning. It was his 4th homerun of the season.
This was the second time Baltimore has been shut out this year. Oakland achieved this on April 6th. That was another game in which Baltimore had only 3 hits.
This was the second time the Boston Red Sox shutout an opponent this year. David Wells also pitched that game as the Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-0.
Matt Clement and Rodrigo López will square off Thursday as the Baltimore offense hopes to rekindle it's fire at 7:05 EST.
