CARMINES stumble into CHARM City to face an O's Team that had Bad BBQ in K.C....Both Teams need that "W" in the Alphabet in the CHASE for the AL East Crown..."WEEKEND BENDERS" AL East 3-Piece #BoSoxBiz #OsBiz

The Boston Red Sox were saved by mother nature as the Rays were primed to add #3 to the 4-piece at Fenway and move onto first. Meanwhile the Orioles land in K.C. and lose three out of four and that is a bad BBQ Week in Kansas City, Missouri. Now the Red Sox have the Rays breathing down their backs and the O's are are trying to get on the straight and narrow and head for both. This is another crucial series and we haven't even hit August Hardball yet.

CARMINES @ O's from Camden Yards a 3-Piece

July 26, 2013 7:05pm ET
BOS Lackey (7-7) vs BAL Tillman (12-3)

July 27, 2013 7:05pm ET
BOS Dempster (5-8) vs BAL Feldman (9-7)

July 28, 2013 1:35pm ET
BOS Lester (9-6) vs BAL Hammel (7-7)

Both Teams the way the rotations ended up have at least two of their top three going. O's twelve game-winner Tillman will get Lackey Tonight and advantage O's. Feldman should have a decided edge over Dempster and Lester should get the nod over Hammel. The O's come in four full games back of the Bo Sox. The Sox are only a 1/2 game up on the Rays who are in the Bronx Zoo for a three piece.

Hitting Stars in this one...

BO SOX
DH Big Papi .323 19 HR 65 RBI
2B Pedroia .303 6 HR 58 RBI
CF Ellsbury .301 4 HR 34 RBI

ORIOLES
1B Davis .307 37 HR 97 RBI
CF A. Jones .292 20 HR 71 RBI
3B Machado .301 8 HR 48 RBI

Note: Schedule and Numbers from MLB.com