Beautiful Camden Yards will play host to a Friday night MLB clash between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. The Red Sox (67-71) have lost three straight games and are currently in last place in the AL East Division. On Wednesday, Boston went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base during a 1-0 road loss against Tampa Bay.
Rookie right-hander Brayan Bello (1-4 5.91 ERA) will make his seventh career major league start. Last time out, Bello fanned five batters across six shutout frames during a 5-3 home victory versus Texas.
The Baltimore Orioles have won 40 of their 68 home games and trail Toronto by 4.5 games for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Wednesday, Baltimore was limited to three hits during a 4-1 home loss versus Toronto. Dean Kremer (6-5) gave up three runs (2 ER) in five plus innings and took the loss for the Orioles, who fell to 72-65 on the year.
The Orioles will counter with thirty year old right-hander Austin Voth (4-2 4.41 ERA) in the series opener. Baltimore has won three of Voth's last five starts and he has allowed just six runs over his last 26 plus innings.
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