Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 7, Baltimore 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 24, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 38017
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 38017
Jason Varitek, Marco Scutaro and Kevin Youkilis all homered and the Boston Red Sox overcame a late rally attempt for a 7-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Scutaro and Youkilis belted three-run homers as part of a six-run seventh inning for a 7-2 lead.
The Orioles clawed back for three runs in the ninth on a solo home run from Adam Jones and RBI singles by Matt Weiters and Luke Scott to make it a one-run game.
Closer Jonathan Papelbon allowed one of the runs, but struck out the final two batters to earn the save.
John Lackey (2-1) picked up the win, allowing three runs on 10 hits over seven innings.
Matt Albers (0-3) was charged with three runs on two hits in 1/3 of an inning to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore | Boston | |
| Brian Matusz | Player | John Lackey |
| No Decision | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 6 | Hits | 10 |
| 4.50 | ERA | 3.86 |
Hitting
| Baltimore | Boston | |
| Ty Wigginton | Player | Kevin Youkilis |
| 4 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 3 |
| 1 | HR | 1 |
| 7 | TB | 5 |
| .800 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary