Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 8, 2010 2:00PM

Sox Come Back Past O's
Down 2-0 at one point and 2-1 late, the Sox scored a run in each of the last three innings to edge the Orioles 4-2. Carlos Quentin's solo homer in the fourth cut the Orioles' lead in half and A.J. Pierzynski doubled in a run in the seventh to tie the game at 2-2. In the eighth, Alex Rios singled in the go-ahead run and Gordon Beckham singled in the insurance run in the ninth. On the hill, Gavin Floyd pitched seven innings and got his eighth win of the year and Ozzie sent out J.J. Putz for the save opportunity and Putz secured his third save of the year. The Sox have won seven of their last 10 and hope to finish the series with a win before turning their focus to Minnesota. Mark Buehrle gets the start this afternoon (12:35 p.m., CSN).

The Usual: Cubs Miss Opportunities, Lose
The Cubs might have gotten the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth but they still fell short, losing to the Reds 4-3 yesterday. Down 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Starlin Castro was hit by a pitch to bring in a run. Derrek Lee struck out and Aramis Ramirez followed with a walk to bring another run and keep the bases loaded with the lead cut to 4-3. But Marlon Byrd struck out swinging, ending the "rally" for the Cubs and sending the team to the ninth of their last 10 games. Said Lou: "I don't even want to talk about it anymore, truthfully." Neither do we. The Cubs try to avoid the sweep later today (1:20 p.m., WGN).