Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
1
Baltimore Orioles
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Nelson Cruz celebrated his Orioles debut by hitting a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and Baltimore beat Jon Lester and the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox 2-1 Monday before an appreciative sellout crowd on Opening Day.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
N Cruz homered to left (365 feet).
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
G Sizemore homered to right (345 feet).
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
D Young grounded into double play, second to first to shortstop, N Cruz scored, M Wieters out at second.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Middle of the 9th
J Bradley Jr. struck out looking.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Bradley Jr. batting
D Ortiz flied out to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
D Ortiz batting
D Pedroia singled to center, W Middlebrooks to second.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 1
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
D Pedroia batting
D Nava popped out to third.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Nava batting
W Middlebrooks hit by pitch.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
W Middlebrooks batting
T Hunter relieved B Matusz.
Showing the last 40 of 547 events.
BOS wins series 2-1
Nick MarkakisRF22
J.J. HardySS2
Adam JonesCF10
Chris Davis1B19
Nelson CruzLF32
Matt WietersC32
Delmon YoungDH27
Ryan Flaherty3B7
Jonathan Schoop2B7
Daniel NavaLF25
Dustin Pedroia2B15
David OrtizDH34
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Mike Carp1B33
Grady SizemoreCF24
Xander BogaertsSS2
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Will Middlebrooks3B12
Jackie Bradley Jr.RF41
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