"The ball flew off the bat, deep into the Charm City night. It was exactly what had given the Red Sox hope in the top of the eighth inning, but that hope went right back to the Orioles. Moments after J.D. Drew's solo home run to center had put the Sox on top, Miguel Tejada tied it for the Orioles with a solo homer into the seats in left off Daniel Bard.

"I didn't throw that pitch with conviction,'' said Bard, after the Sox fell to the Orioles, 5-4, in 10 innings. "I'm really just trying to get it over and I need to know he's a free-swinging fastball hitter. I put it right where he wants it. I didn't prove I was going to throw anything off-speed in a fastball count.''

John Lackey, who had a good performance following stellar starts by Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester, would not get the win. That was gone with Tejada's blast."