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O's crushed in Sammy's managerial debut

Clay Buchholz pitched a five-hitter for his second career shutout, Marco Scutaro homered and scored three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the host Baltimore Orioles, 11-0, last night to ruin the managerial debut of Juan Samuel.

Clay Buchholz pitched a five-hitter for his second career shutout, Marco Scutaro homered and scored three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the host Baltimore Orioles, 11-0, last night to ruin the managerial debut of Juan Samuel.

Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Beltre also homered for the Red Sox, who have won six straight on the road.

Buchholz (8-3) walked one and struck out two in his third career complete game and first shutout since he no-hit the Orioles on Sept. 1, 2007. The righthander is 5-0 with a 0.99 ERA in his last five starts and has won nine successive starts on the road, a streak that began last August.

Samuel, a former Phillies second baseman and Wall of Fame honoree, was hired as Baltimore's interim manager yesterday morning after the team fired Dave Trembley. In explaining the move, president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said he was "hoping to ignite a spark."

It didn't happen against the Red Sox, who led 3-0 after one inning and 7-0 after four.

Orioles starter Chris Tillman (0-1) allowed seven of the 11 batters he faced to reach base. The righthander yielded four runs, five hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings, the shortest outing by an Orioles starter this season.

Despite the change in managers, the Orioles experienced a familiar sensation in the top of the first. After Boston used a single and two walks to load the bases with no outs, Victor Martinez hit a run-scoring grounder and J.D. Drew followed with a two-run double. Baltimore has been outscored 40-18 in the first inning this season.

The second inning wasn't much better. Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI single to chase Tillman and make it 4-0. Youkilis connected off Mark Hendrickson with two on and two outs in the fourth. All the runs were unearned because Orioles catcher Matt Wieters let a third strike slip through to the screen, a passed ball that allowed Bill Hall to reach first.

In other games:

_ At Toronto, Jose Bautista hit two towering home runs, Edwin Encarnacion also connected and the slugging Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees, 6-1.

Brett Cecil (6-2) pitched eight innings for Toronto, matching a career high. He allowed one run and five hits while improving to 4-0 with a 1.52 ERA in his past four starts.

* At Kansas City, Jason Kendall had three hits and three RBIs to help Bruce Chen and the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers, 7-3.

* At Arlington, Texas, rookie Justin Smoak homered and had a career-high three hits, Josh Hamilton had a homer and two doubles, and the Texas Rangers rallied from an early four-run deficit for a 9-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Vladimir Guerrero added a three-run double in his return to the lineup after missing two games because of a swollen left eye.

* At Chicago, Justin Masterson (1-5) repeatedly escaped trouble to snap an 11-decision losing streak and Jhonny Peralta hit a pair of two-run doubles as the Cleveland Indians beat the White Sox, 10-1.

Noteworthy

* Cleveland Indians centerfielder Grady Sizemore will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.

* Tampa Bay activated catcher Kelly Shoppach from the 15-day disabled list and placed shortstop Jason Bartlett on the DL with a strained right hamstring.

* New York Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland is taking a leave of absence and will be away for the team for an unspecified length of time, manager Joe Girardi said.