Red Sox Blow Huge Lead To Orioles
This post was written by John on June 30, 2009
Posted Under: Baseball Betting
Posted Under: Baseball Betting
The Baltimore Orioles trailed 10-1 before scoring five runs in the seventh inning and five more in the eighth to beat the Boston Red Sox 11-10.
The game was unbelievable.
Nick Markakis hit a two-run double off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to complete the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history.
It was a tail of two sides of a rain delay. Boston figured to walk away with this one leading by nine and give John Smoltz his 211th career win.
But it was not to be.
In the bottom of the fifth with the Sox leading 9-1, the game was delayed by rain. When the teams returned it seemed like only a formality to get through a long night. But after the Red Sox tacked on a run in the seventh, to make the lead nine. The Orioles exploded.
