Boston dropped a tough one tonight in their return home to Fenway. They wasted an outstanding outing by starter Mike Boddicker, who didn’t allow a baserunner until the 5th inning. With the score tied 1-1 and 2 outs in the 8th inning, Joe Morgan elected to remove Boddicker with 117 pitches in favor of the lefty Rob Murphy to face lefthanded batter Sam Horn. Horn ripped an RBI double into the triangle for what proved to be the game winning run. The Red Sox could do very little with Baltimore starter John Mitchell, who went 8 innings and allowed only 3 hits.
The Red Sox hit double digits in runs for the third time in their last four games, beating the Orioles 10-4 today at Fenway Park. Mo Vaughn got the scoring started for Boston with a 3 run homer in the first inning, and then after Baltimore tied the game, Mike Greenwell and Dwight Evans went back to back in the third. Bob Tewksbury got the win, pitching 5.1 innings and allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on just 6 hits.
A back and forth game today at Fenway Park resulted in a 6-4 win for the Orioles. Trailing 4-2, Baltimore scored 4 times off of set up man Jeff Reardon. The rally started with Randy Milligan hitting a game tying home run over the Green Monster, and Baltimore then tacked on two more runs to take the lead. Boston loaded the bases with 1 out in the 9th, but failed to score. Mo Vaughn had a grand slam in the 6th inning to provide the Red Sox' only runs of the ballgame. It was Vaughn's 9th home run of the season, and 4th in his last 5 games. Rich Gedman added 3 hits in the losing effort. Boston starter Tom Bolton certainly pitched well enough to win, as he allowed just 1 earned run in 7 innings.