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Matt Wieters’ wife gives birth this morning
Thursday’s full scoreboard
AL East Standings
NYY 90-66 —
BAL 89-67 1
TB 86-70 4
AL Wild-Card Standings
BAL 89-67 —
OAK 88-68 —
LAA 86-70 2
TB 86-70 2
CWS 82-74 6
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Today’s game
Red Sox at Orioles, 7:05 p.m.
RHP Aaron Cook (4-10, 5.13 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (8-2, 3.08 ERA)
Key matchup
Mark Reynolds is 17-for-44 (.386) with 6 homers and 16 RBIs this season against the Red Sox. He’s only 1-for-6 this year against Cook, but that hit was a homer.
Other games that matter
Yankees (Kuroda) at Blue Jays (Jenkins), 7:07 p.m.
Angels (Weaver) at Rangers (Dempster), 8:05 p.m.
Rays (Hellickson) at White Sox (Floyd), 8:10 p.m.
Tigers (Smyly) at Twins (Diamond), 8:10 p.m.
Mariners (Beavan) at Athletics (Griffin), 10:05 p.m.
Thought of the day
As you’ve probably heard, Matt Wieters and his wife had their first son early this morning.
Sept. 28 is also special for a different reason.
Today is the one-year anniversary of Game 162, the wild ending to the 2011 regular season, which of course included the Orioles eliminating the Red Sox from playoff contention.
Funny that Boston would be in town tonight, huh?
There’s not much more about that night that can be said. But to mark the day, so here’s a link to our story from that night a year ago:
Orioles complete Red Sox’s collapse with walk-off win in season finale
It’s a good read, and it’s striking to think of how much has changed in the past year.
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