Thanks Baltimore

Thanks to the Orioles for getting the Sox back on track after a disasterous sweep by Kansas City. Though it was assumed the Red Sox would clean up on Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, and Baltimore, they went only 6-7 during a 13-game stretch against the four worst teams in the American League. Now the Tigers and Yankees come to Fenway Park for eight games over the next week. Sox fans who were ready to panic can digest this: two years ago yesterday, the 2004 Red Sox were 63-50, 10-1/2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees. Now the team is just one game back, thanks to Jared Weaver doing what his brother Jeff could never do - pitching well in Yankee Stadium. The younger Weaver gave up just three hits and struck out eight and is still unbeaten in his rookie season.