So much for being tired.
Dustin Pedroia doubled in two runs to spark an eight-run eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox got home runs from Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Josh Reddick in a 15-10 rout of the host Baltimore Orioles last night.
Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Darnell McDonald had three RBI apiece for the Red Sox, who have won 13 of 15. The run includes 1-0, 16-inning affair against Tampa Bay that began on Sunday night and ended about 2 a.m. yesterday in which Boston mustered only five hits. Pedroia got three of those five hits against the Rays, including an RBI single.
That was the longest 1-0 game in the major leagues since the Brewers at Angels on June 8, 2004, went 17 innings, according to STATS LLC. The longest 1-0 game ever was 24 innings between the Mets and Astros in 1968.
"It was a nice win. It was a long win," Red Sox manager Francona said of the Sunday night/Monday morning marathon. "But they don't give us extra credit."
Showing very little signs of fatigue, the Red Sox banged out 16 hits in rolling to their seventh straight victory over the Orioles. Boston has outscored Baltimore, 61-32, during that span.
Boston designated hitter David Ortiz and Orioles closer Kevin Gregg began serving three-game suspensions for their part in a bench-clearing incident during that series. Both players were initially suspended for four games before appealing the punishment.
The Red Sox didn't miss Ortiz. Boston fell one run short of matching its season high and had six players with at least two hits, including Pedroia, whose 16-game hitting streak is one short of his career high.
After Boston loaded the bases in the eighth, Pedroia hit a tiebreaking two-run double off Mike Gonzalez (1-2) to make it 9-7. Youkilis added a two-run single, Carl Crawford singled in a run and McDonald capped the uprising with a three-run double. Baltimore scored three runs in the bottom half.
The Orioles, who have lost 10 of 12, got homers from J.J. Hardy, who earlier the day reached agreement on a 3-year, $22 million extension, and Adam Jones.
Dan Wheeler (2-1) got the win with 2 innings of no-hit relief for starter Tim Wakefield. Wakefield gave up seven runs, three earned, and nine hits in 4 innings. He was undone by a particularly wicked knuckleball that produced a strikeout but resulted in a passed ball that fueled a five-run fifth inning that gave Baltimore a 7-6 lead.
Felix Pie opened the fifth by striking out, but he reached when the pitch eluded Saltalamacchia and went to the screen. Hardy, who signed a new three-year contract earlier in the day, hit a two-run homer and Jones drove a knuckleball an estimated 434 feet into the left-field stands.
The Orioles then used two singles and a walk to load the bases for Nolan Reimold, who chased Wakefield with a two-run double.
Youkilis' RBI single tied it at 7 in the seventh.
In other games:
At Minneapolis, Lou Marson hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning and also doubled as the Cleveland Indians completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-3 victory over the Twins. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a three-run homer to lift the Indians to a 5-2 victory in the afternoon game.
* At Kansas City, Mark Buerhle lasted seven innings in another impressive start, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Royals, 5-2. Buehrle (7-5) hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in his last 14 starts going back to April 22.
* At St. Petersburg, Fla., Russell Martin drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the ninth inning, giving the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira, Brett Gardner and Eduardo Nunez also drove in runs for New York.
Noteworthy
* Tests done on Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan, 64, showed no new heart problems for the Hall of Fame pitcher, who was hospitalized after experiencing discomfort on Sunday, and should be released from the hospital in a day or two. Ryan has a pre-existing heart condition that will continue being treated with medication, according to the team's statement. He had a double-bypass operation in 2000 and has a family history of heart disease.
* Yankees infielder Ramiro Pena had an appendectomy and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. *