The Orioles entered play on Wednesday night ranked 11th out of 15 American League teams with only five home runs. They did their very best to drag themselves out of that hole all in one night, taking advantage of a bad night by Red Sox knuckleballer Stephen Wright to double their season total in one game.
As it turned out, the O’s needed the runs. Ubaldo Jimenez had one of those Ubaldo Jimenez kind of games where despite being staked to a nine run lead, he still couldn’t clear five innings and qualify for the win.