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BOSTON (AP) -- Who needs Pedro?
|  | | Brian Daubach, right, provided the power with two homers as the Sox ended a five-game skid. |
Tim Wakefield took the stopper's role from injured Pedro
Martinez, and Brian Daubach ended a big slump in a big way as the Boston Red Sox broke a five-game losing streak with a 12-4 victory Thursday night over the Baltimore Orioles.
"This team has been picking each other up over the last six
years I've been here," said Wakefield (3-5), who pitched seven
shutout innings in only his fourth start in 28 appearances this
year. "We can't count on Pedro now."
Before the game and against his wishes, Martinez was put on the
15-day disabled list with side and shoulder problems. He can be
activated July 11, the day of the All-Star game. He said he could
have taken his regular turn Saturday at the Chicago White Sox, but
the club wants to be cautious.
"We'd rather lose him for a few weeks than for the rest of the season," said catcher Scott Hatteberg, who hit a three-run homer.
Daubach provided most of the power with a three-run homer, a
solo shot and a two-run double as he matched his career high of six
RBIs after going 10-for-67 in June. He went 4-for-4 Thursday.
"I've proven over the years that I'm a very streaky hitter, more than maybe anybody in the big leagues," Daubach said. "Hopefully, I can get on a good streak."
Wakefield took an 8-0 lead into the eighth before leaving after
allowing a three-run homer to Albert Belle, his 18th of the season.
Sang Lee, in his major-league debut, then gave up a pinch-homer to
Jeff Conine, his 10th.
Baltimore already had been done in by the poor pitching of Scott Erickson (3-6). He allowed seven runs on 10 hits in five innings.
"A lot of times when a pitcher warms up bad, he pitches well.
And when they warm up good, they stink," Orioles manager Mike
Hargrove said. "It wasn't that way today. He didn't warm up
well."
The Orioles, who won the first two games of the series in extra
innings, lost for the 10th time in 12 games.
Daubach gave Boston a 3-0 lead when he followed a single by
instant sensation Morgan Burkhart and a walk to Hatteberg with his
three-run homer in the second off Erickson. Offerman's sacrifice
fly made it 4-0 in the fourth. In the next inning, Hatteberg
followed singles by Carl Everett and Burkhart with his second
homer.
Erickson, 1-5 with an 8.00 ERA in June, didn't blame his
troubles on persistent rumors he'd be traded.
"My job's to pitch and, unfortunately, I haven't done well lately," he said.
Darren Holmes allowed Daubach's 13th homer in the seventh, making it 8-0, and Daubach's two-run double in a four-run eighth.
Wakefield, who complained publicly about not starting after Jeff
Fassero went on the disabled list June 19, is back in the rotation,
manager Jimy Williams said.
"I don't see why he wouldn't be," Williams said.
Wakefield is a victim of his own versatility, making 24 relief
appearances this year. But he had his best season with Boston as a
starter in 1998 when he went 17-8. And in his last three relief
outings this season, he allowed 12 earned runs in 7 1/3 innings.
Burkhart, a 28-year-old rookie who played his first major league
game Tuesday night, quickly has become a fan favorite. The first
baseman-designated hitter went 2-for-2 with three walks and is
6-for-10 with four walks in three games. He's reached base in 11 of
his 14 plate appearances.
He joined the Boston organization last year after four seasons with the Richmond (Ind.) Roosters of the independent Frontier League where he hit .404 with 36 homers in 80 games in 1998. With Triple-A Pawtucket this season, he had 17 homers and 54 RBI and
hit .283.
Game notes
Boston extended a dubious club record streak of allowing
homers in 14 consecutive games. ... Lee, promoted from Pawtucket on
Thursday, became the first pitcher to play in the major leagues in
Korea, Japan and the United States. ... Will Clark's eighth-inning double made it 72 games out of 76 in which Baltimore got an
extra-base hit. ... Boston ended B.J. Surhoff's hitting streak at 21 games, matching his career high. He was tied for the longest streak in the AL this year until Toronto's Carlos Delgado stretched
his to 22 Thursday afternoon. ... Nomar Garciaparra improved his AL-leading average to .390 by going 2-for-4.
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