[外電] Pitchers' duel ends with Chen leading
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Pitchers' duel ends with Chen leading Orioles to win
By Dan Connolly, The Baltimore Sun
11:41 p.m. EDT, June 6, 2012
BOSTON — There was a time – really, name any year in the last half
dozen seasons or so -- when the Orioles would travel to Fenway
Parkand, if they didn’t get swept, it could be considered a small
victory.
If anything has changed about these Orioles this season it’s the way
they have played on the road, and, specifically, on Yawkey Way.
Behind arguably the best big-league outing of Taiwanese lefty Wei-Yin
Chen’s brief career, the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 2-1, to capture a
series victory and ensure they would win the season series at Fenway
Park for the first time since 2005.
The Orioles have been victorious in all five games in Boston this
season and have won seven consecutive dating back to last September
– setting an Orioles’ modern-day franchise record for consecutive
victories here.
“I didn’t know about that (record), but that’s great,” said Endy
Chavez, whose RBI groundout in the sixth proved to be the
game-winner. “That’s great for the team, and especially because
Boston is in our division. We have to fight with them ... I feel very
happy to be a part of it and hopefully we can win more games (here).
”
With a Tampa Bay Rays loss Wednesday, the Orioles (32-24) are again by
themselves in first place atop the American League East. The win gave
them their first series victory since May 18-20 at Washington. And it
dropped the Red Sox (28-28) back to .500 for the first time since May
28.
“We've had a very competitive season so far and we're trying to
compete and keep it going,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “
You don't expect anybody to pull away. There are too many good teams
in our division. You’ve just got to take care of your business and
winning one game at a time is really what it's about.”
After a seesaw, sloppy contest on Tuesday in which the Orioles
eventually won 8-6 in 10 innings, Wednesday’s game was exceptionally
crisp – just two hours and 31 minutes -- and well played. It even
featured good defense, with beleaguered first baseman Mark Reynolds
making two nice plays, including a diving stab of a liner.
The night, though, belonged to starting pitching.
Chen (5-2) and Red Sox starter Josh Beckett (4-6) began dueling early
on, with only one run scored – on a sacrifice fly by Boston’s Mike
Aviles in the third – through the first five innings.
“Competing with (Beckett) was a big challenge for me,” said the
Orioles rookie lefty through interpreter Tim Lin. “I learned a lot
from him [Wednesday].”
By mixing pitches and continually throwing strikes, Chen limited the
Red Sox to seven hits, no walks and one run while striking out four
in seven innings. His most impressive inning was his last, when the
Red Sox had runners on second and third and only one out.
Showalter stuck with Chen, and he came through, getting Marlon Byrd to
strike out and Aviles to pop out on his 100th pitch of the game.
“I’m really appreciative that Buck trusted me,” Chen said. “That
is really important to me. That is a key point for me.”
It was the first time Chen (5-2) had lasted seven innings since May
15, which was his last victory. The Taiwanese lefty hadn’t limited
an opponent to one or no runs since beating Oakland on April 28. The
Red Sox had been held to one run or shutout only once previously this
season at Fenway.
“You could see early on Beckett was carrying good stuff. Great
command,” Showalter said. “And the only way you can compete in a
game like that is to match him. Chen pitched as well if not better.
That’s the difference.”
Beckett retired the first nine batters he faced before Chavez led off
the fourth with a single. He faced the minimum 15 batters heading
into the sixth, when the Orioles scored their only runs.
Beckett allowed three consecutive singles to Wilson Betemit, Ryan
Flaherty and Robert Andino, whose hit to right scored Betemit to tie
the game at 1-1. Chavez followed with the groundout that scored
Flaherty. Overall, Beckett lasted eight innings, permitted five hits
while walking none and striking out five.
“Beckett had great stuff tonight. He was as good as I’ve seen him
since I’ve been facing him,” said Orioles catcher Matt Wieters. “
Any time you can beat a guy that goes out there with that good of
stuff, especially a pitcher like Beckett, who can shut you down, to
be able to get those two runs that inning, it’s great to make it
stand up.”
Orioles relievers Pedro Strop and Jim Johnson pitched scoreless
innings to secure the win. Johnson, who blew his first save of the
year on Tuesday, had a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 18th
save of the season.
The Orioles go for the sweep on Thursday – which would further send
the message that maybe this team isn’t going away easily. They’ve
already captured one record here at Fenway Park.
But Wieters said winning seven consecutive here means only one thing
to him.
“It means we’ve got a game tomorrow and we’ll try to make it eight
straight. You can’t worry about those types of numbers,” he said.
“It’s something where the media can write the numbers and it’s nice
for all the fans. But once you start getting into the numbers you
forget about what you are really here to do, and that’s to win
ballgames.”
dan.connolly@baltsun.com
twitter.com/danconnollysun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-redsox-0607-20120606,0,3933265.story
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