Game 160: Sox 3, O’s 6

Sigh. Against the hapless Orioles the Sox again cough up the lead. Beckett gives up another 6 runs over 6 innings. The biggest hit came on an inside the park home run in the 6^th. I wouldn't have called it a hit though as the the ball hit Ellsbury in the glove and Saltalamacchia had the runner out at home if he had caught the ball. But still, three runs scored on the play. Sox loaded the bases in the 8^th but couldn't push any across. The tying run was at the plate in the 9^th but Gonzalez hit a fly ball and Lowrie struck out to end the game.

Sox are tied with the Rays now. It may be a problem that the Sox haven’t won consecutive games yet this month as they’ll likely need three wins to make it to the playoffs at this point.