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GAME LOG
BOSTON (AP) – Hideo Nomo had everything working for him again:
his split-fingered fastball, his curve – and Brian Daubach.
Matched up with the Orioles again in his first game since
no-hitting them last week, Nomo allowed four hits in six innings on
Tuesday night and Daubach hit another two homers to lead the Boston
Red Sox past Baltimore 10-1.
|  | | Brian Daubach, right, drove in Shea Hillenbrand, left, and Jason Varitek with a three-run homer in the fourth. |
"I wish he could pitch every day," said Daubach, who also
homered twice in last Wednesday's no-hitter. "I've only played two
games behind him, and it's worked out good for both of us."
Nomo (2-0) received a consolation cheer from the crowd when he
allowed Baltimore's first hit, a bunt single to Melvin Mora with
two outs in the second inning. Johnny Vander Meer remains the only
pitcher in major league history to pitch no-hitters in consecutive
games, doing it for Cincinnati in 1938.
"(I) wasn't thinking of a no-hitter tonight," Nomo said
through an interpreter. "The only thing he was thinking of was not
to let him score after he (Mora) got on base."
Though it wasn't a sellout – the first time that's happened
since May 31 – the Fenway fans cheered loudly and waved signs that
said "No Mo' Hits" on one side with the Japanese characters for
strikeout on the other. Many stood when Nomo came off the field – for good, it turned out – after working out of a jam with one out
and runners on first and third in the sixth.
"It's pretty tough when you compare it to a no-hitter," Boston
manager Jimy Williams said. "But it was basically similar. Give up
one run in six innings? Pretty darn good."
Daubach was also pretty good, driving in five runs while leading
Boston's 12-hit attack. Jason Varitek doubled twice, and Tim
Wakefield pitched the final three innings for his first save.
Sidney Ponson (0-2), who last week allowed just four hits while
striking out 10 to pick up the hard-luck loss against Nomo, had no
one to blame but himself this time. He gave up six earned runs on
six hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Chris Richard had two hits for the Orioles, who lost for the
fourth time in five games.
"I didn't think about Nomo. I was thinking about the team,"
Mora said when asked about his hit. "We had to do something – something different. I wasn't even thinking about Nomo and the
no-hitter again."
Varitek doubled to lead off the second, then Shea Hillenbrand
reached on an error and Daubach doubled to score the first run.
Daubach scored on a groundout and Hillenbrand followed on a
sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
Boston added six more runs in the fourth inning on Daubach's
three-run homer, a two-run single by Manny Ramirez and a fielder's
choice by Varitek. Daubach homered to lead off the fifth and make
it 10-0.
Nomo walked Brady Anderson to lead off the sixth, then gave up a
run-scoring double to Mike Bordick. After Delino DeShields struck
out, David Segui singled, but Nomo fanned Chris Richard and got Cal
Ripken to ground out to end the inning.
Boston has won four consecutive games since losing two out of
three in Baltimore to start the season. Nomo's no-hitter in his Red
Sox debut was their only win of the opening series, but he didn't
come close to repeating it.
Jose Offerman made a nice play to field Anderson's grounder to
lead off the game, then Bordick walked. Nomo struck out DeShields,
then made a nice stab himself on Segui's grounder to the mound to
end the inning.
Richard walked to lead off the second, Ripken popped up and
Brook Fordyce also walked. Mora pulled the first pitch he saw into
the hole between Nomo and third baseman Hillenbrand, and neither
had a chance.
Game notes
Carl Everett stole second in the first inning _ the first
stolen base for the Red Sox this season. They were the last team in
the major leagues to steal a base. ... Troy O'Leary started in left
field and got his first hit of the season after going hitless in
his first 18 at-bats with nine strikeouts. ... Hillenbrand hit
safely for the seventh consecutive game. Ben Steiner (1945) and Ted
Williams (1939) are the last Red Sox rookies to hit safely in their
first seven games. ... Baltimore entered the game with a .165
(31-for-188) average, one homer and 14 runs in six games – all the
lowest in the majors. ... Ponson is 1-6 lifetime against the Red
Sox. ... Ripken is 0-for-9 against Nomo in his career. He is
1-for-19 for the year overall. ... The crowd of 27,664 was Fenway's
first non-sellout in 62 games since May 31 of last season.
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Boston 10
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Toronto 3
Tampa Bay 2
Chi. White Sox 8
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NY Yankees 9
Kansas City 5
Minnesota 8
Detroit 2
Texas 7
Anaheim 5
Seattle 5
Oakland 1
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Chicago Cubs 4
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