Orioles Will Attempt To Split Series As They Wrap Up Against Red Sox
The Baltimore Orioles are hitting the end of their seven-game road trip and they cannot get out of Boston soon enough.
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The Baltimore Orioles are hitting the end of their seven-game road trip and they cannot get out of Boston soon enough.
The tense series between the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox continued last night when starting pitcher Kevin Gausman was tossed from the game for throwing a curveball that hit Xander Bogaerts in the hip.
"My biggest fear happened in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday night. Kevin Gausman threw a 77 mph pitch that hit Xander Bogaerts on the hip."
The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday permanently banned from Fenway Park a man they said used a racial slur, a separate confrontation from the insults directed at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones a night earlier but one the team says it is taking just as seriously.
Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones and pitcher Kevin Gausman have been ejected from Wednesday night's baseball game versus the Boston Red Sox.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has spoken. In wake of Chris Sale throwing behind Manny Machado, the Commissioner held a conference call with both Buck Showalter and John Ferrell warning the two sides to "cease fire."
The Orioles came into Tuesday night's game looking to take the second game of four against the Red Sox. Boston sent their ace Chris Sale to the hill and he was on his game going 8 innings and giving only two runs. Hear all the action from the game and Jim Hunter with Adam Jones on our Orioles Radio Recap!
Tensions are escalating between the visiting Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, who meet for the eighth time when they continue their four-game series at Fenway Park on Wednesday.
Boston's reputation as a racist sports town developed through decades of barriers broken and maintained, intertwined with broader struggles for progress along with today's climate of racial tension that sports can't avoid.
Manny Machado sounds off on the Red Sox for Chris Sale throwing behind him.
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said Tuesday that racial taunts that prompted immediate condemnation around baseball and Boston have no place in today's game but speak to larger racial issues in the United States.
Adam Jones received extended applause from Fenway Park fans a night after he was racially taunted, both teams were warned after Boston ace Chris Sale threw behind Manny Machado's legs in the first inning and the Red Sox went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night.
Orioles closer Zach Britton, who led the AL with 47 saves in 2016, is expected to be activated off the disabled list Tuesday.
"What happened to Adam Jones on Monday is talked about because someone threw peanuts at him. You're fooling yourself if you believe the verbal attack has not happened before. I can guarantee it has happened and not once."
The fan was ejected from the stadium, but Jones said "things like that need to be handled a little more properly, in my opinion."
