The Red Sox sawed a big chunk off Baltimore’s lead in the bottom of the inning, scoring four times off Jeremy Guthrie.
J.D. Drew led off with a walk, and Jason Bay launched his third homer of the season into the Baltimore bullpen. Mike Lowell walked and went to third on a single by Jason Varitek that struck the second-base bag. After Nick Green flied out, Jacoby Ellsbury dumped a single into center off the glove of the onrushing Jones, scoring Lowell.
Dustin Pedroia beat out an infield hit to load the bases, but the best David Ortiz could do was hit a sacrifice fly to center, cutting the Orioles’ lead to 7-4. Kevin Youkilis grounded out to end the rally.