Boston Bests Baltimore, 5 to 4

BOSTON: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 10 0

BALTIMORE: 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 0

A road game. A road win! The first pre-season victory in an away game for the Boston Red Sox came at Ed Smith Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. Scoring in the game began with a homerun for the Orioles and ended with a homerun for the Red Sox. In between the homers, it was another rocky beginning for Boston's starting pitching, and despite leaving eight men on base, the late innings run production by the Red Sox hitters garnered the win. An extra nice thing about the win was that Casey Kelly, who is from Sarasota, was the wining pitcher and he did it in front of family and friends.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Casey Kelly (1)

BALTIMORE: Starting Pitcher: Jeremy Guthrie, Losing Pitcher: David Hernandez

BOSTON: Save: Robert Manuel (1)

BOSTON: Homerun: Mark Wagner (1)

BALTIMORE: Homerun: Nick Markakis

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RED SOX: Wins: 5, Losses: 2

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Next Spring Training game: Monday 8 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, St. Louis Cardinals, City of Palms Park, Josh Beckett

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