Orioles vs Red Sox Live Stream Free: Watch Online MLB Baseball Series Between East Division Rivals at 7:05 PM ET from Camden Yards in Baltimore
The Orioles are hosting the Red Sox tonight at Camden Yards in Baltimore. The Orioles most dangerous hitter this season has been Chris Davis, who has blossomed into the kind of power hitter that everyone in major league baseball expected him to be.
Davis leads the majors with 21 homers, and is second in the AL with 56 RBIs while hitting a team-high .338 -- an increase of 68 points from last year. The first baseman has been particularly productive over the past 10 home games, hitting .474 with five homers, 11 RBIs and nine runs, according to mlb.com.
On Thursday, Davis came up big, connecting for a walkoff single to clinch a 5-4, 13-inning victory over Boston, as Baltimore (38-29) won for the ninth time in 11 games as host.
"I took a few swings late in the game where I was just swinging way too hard, trying to win it with one swing instead of just trying to put the ball in play," Davis told espn.com. "Good things happen when you simplify it."
The second-place Orioles are 2 1/2 games back of the AL East-leading Red Sox (41-27), and they're also the only division foe to own a winning record against them at 3-1.
Boston is aware of Davis' talent with a bat in his hand. He's batting .433 with five homers and nine RBIs and has a .564 on-base percentage over his last nine meetings with the Red Sox. That includes going 7 for 16 while hitting three homers with seven RBIs in the past four at Camden Yards.
For the Red Sox, David Ortiz is hitting .241 over his last 14 games, but has made up for it by hitting six homers with 15 RBIs.
Ryan Dempster (4-6, 4.40) is expected to get the ball at Camden Yards for the first time in his career, and he's 1-1 with a 5.17 ERA in three road starts.
The right-hander didn't get a decision against the Orioles on April 10, allowing three runs with seven strikeouts in five innings of an 8-5 defeat. He's also held Davis hitless in five at-bats, striking him out three times.
Dempster has won his last two starts, allowing six runs in 13 innings, reports mlb.com.