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BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Mike Bordick and Albert Belle continued
their consistency while Mark Lewis delivered the big blow. Lewis cleared the bases with a double in the third inning that
propelled the Baltimore Orioles to a 9-4 victory over the Boston
Red Sox and a split of the day-night doubleheader. After losing the opener 11-7, the Orioles snapped their 10-game
losing streak to the Red Sox at Camden Yards. "We swung the bats well in both games," Orioles manager Mike
Hargrove said. "It's a shame we couldn't get both of them,
though." Bordick belted a two-run homer in his 32nd multi-hit game of the
season. His 16th homr off Bryce Florie in the seventh capped
the scoring. Belle went 3-for-4 in his 30th multi-hit game. Scott Erickson (5-7) was not great but pitched well enough to
get the victory, overcoming six walks to allow just four runs
and three hits over 5 1/3 innings. "Scotty came in tonight and struggled a bit, but he was able to
hang on," Hargrove said. "He came around after they scored,
which is always a good sign." Things were not as bright for Boston's Pete Schourek (2-9), who
is winless in 12 starts since May 15. He allowed five runs and
five hits over 2 1/3 innings, issuing five walks with a pair of
strikeouts. "The kid has a heart as big as this building," Boston manager
Jimy Williams said. "He was trying to help this team win." Schourek's winless streak is the longest by a Red Sox pitcher
since Mike Gardiner also went 12 starts without a decision in
1992. To make matters worse, Schourek is dealing with a sore
shoulder. "I'm very concerned," Schourek said. "It hurt. I thought I
could still do it, which is why I wanted to stay out there. In
the first inning, I had my sights set on five innings, to see if
I could get there." Belle led off the bottom of the third with a single to right and
Jeff Conine singled to left. After a groundout by B.J. Surhoff,
John Wasdin replaced Schourek and walked Charles Johnson to load
the bases. Lewis followed by lining the first pitch he saw from the Boston
righthander into the left-center field gap to give the Orioles a
5-3 lead. Lewis then stole third and scored on Luis Matos'
sacrifice fly. "I'm an aggressive hitter," Lewis said. "I'm always ready to
hit. I just wanted to get a good one and I jumped on the first
pitch. It was a very good offensive day for us in both games.
In the second we were able to take command of it better than in
the first." Will Clark's solo homer, his eighth, came off Wasdin in the
fourth and extended Baltimore's advantage to 7-3. "We put a lot of runs up in both games," said Clark, who hit a
grand slam in the opener. "Too bad we couldn't pull out the
first one, too, but we were pretty much on the ball in the
second." Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra went 0-for-5, dropping his
averge to .396. He was at .403 after the first game of the
doubleheader. "We only got four hits," said Boston catcher Scott Hatteberg.
"They out-hit us and deserved to win. They got good pitching
out of their bullpen. This was a long, long day. We got one,
but they outplayed us tonight." The two games lasted a combined six hours, 26 minutes. "They are not fun at all," said Clark. "A very long day for
everyone."
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