Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-3

BALTIMORE -- Mayday.

In this case, that is not a distress signal, even though you could almost imagine dozens of red flares firing over Boston Harbor as the Red Sox landed at Logan Airport following their 6-3, 10-inning loss to the Baltimore Orioles yesterday.

It is, instead, a bleak acknowledgment that the race in the American League East has not been this close since the first of May, when the Sox held a 3 1/2-game advantage over the Toronto Blue Jays and the Yanke...

Capping rally

The Orioles scored 12 runs after the seventh inning in the series, including a two-run homer by Miguel Tejada in the eighth yesterday off Red Sox reliever Eric Gagne that tied the game at 3. Kevin Millar provided the last three by launching a curveball from Kyle Snyder in the 10th after Corey Patterson and Nick Markakis singled and Tejada fouled out to first. Millar's walk-off homer allowed the Orioles to win their first series from the Red Sox since 2005....

Manny Ramirez never turned his head. As the Boston Red Sox left fielder, it's not his job to track a home run. He saw the pitch, he heard the crack of the bat, he walked to the visiting clubhouse. No need to check how many rows back the ball landed.

The Orioles scored 12 runs after the seventh inning in their three-game series against the Red Sox. The last three came from Kevin Millar, whose walk-off home run in the 10th yesterday completed a 6-3 victory before an annou...