| Closing Time: Red Sox lose to Orioles; fall into tie with Rays with two games left | 09.26.11 at 10:25 pm ET |

Josh Beckett had a rough outing in the Red Sox' latest loss. (AP)
BALTIMORE — It has gotten very, very uncomfortable for the Red Sox.
With a 6-3 loss to the Orioles Monday night at Camden Yards, along with Tampa Bay’s 5-2 win over the Yankees, the Sox now find themselves tied with the Rays in the wild card race with two games to play in the regular season.
The difference-maker this time was Robert Andino’s inside-the-park, three-run homer with two out sin the sixth inning, capping a four-run frame that gave the Orioles the lead for good. The blast came off Red Sox’ starter Josh Beckett, who finished his six innings having surrendered six runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking four.
It gave the Sox their 19th loss this month, giving the the worst winning percentage of any team in franchise history for September, while claiming the second-most losses, only behind the 1952 club’s 20 defeats.
Here is what went wrong (and right) in the Red Sox’ 71st loss of the season:
WHAT WENT WRONG
- Beckett was close to escaping the pivotal sixth inning, but couldn’t close the deal. With two outs and one on, the righty walked Mark Reynolds before getting to a 1-and-2 count on Chris Davis. But the Orioles’ first baseman managed to rake a low and inside changeup into the right field corner, scoring Vladimir Guerrero with the go-ahead run. After getting behind 0-and-1, Andino, the Orioles’ batter — who had won the game for Baltimore in Boston a week before — launched a fastball to the center field wall which fell out of Red Sox’ center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury’s glove as he crashed into the wall, leading to the pivotal homer.
- Ellsbury made a solid bid at catching Andino’s blast, seemingly hauling in the fly ball just before hitting the wall in center. But the ball not only popped out, but trickled away just enough to force the outfielder to have to flip it to nearby right fielder J.D. Drew. Drew’s throw was relayed in by second baseman Dustin Pedroia, whose throw short-hopped catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, allowing for the first-ever inside-the-park homer in Camden Yards history. It was the first inside-the-parker hit against the Red Sox since July 23, 2006 by Adrian Beltre.
- For the third straight game, Beckett fell victim to the home run, this time giving up a Wieters’ solo homer in the second, just over the left field wall, to tie the game at 1-1. The Sox’ starter allowed at least one homer in each of his four outings against Baltimore this season.
- The last legitimate rally by the Red Sox fell short when, with the bases loaded and one out, Saltalamacchia struck out and Marco Scutaro ended the inning with a ground out to shortstop.
- Saltalamacchia was forced from the game in the eighth inning when Adam Jones’ foul ball ricocheted off the catcher’s left shoulder. The backstop was led off the field by Sox’ trainer Mike Reinold.
WHAT WENT RIGHT
- For the second straight game, Jed Lowrie notched an extra-base hit, this time hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning which gave the Sox’ a 2-1 lead. The blast, which cleared the right field fence, was the third baseman’s second homer of the season hitting left-handed.
- Ellsbury stayed red-hot, this time making his presence felt by plating the game’s first run on a double and throwing error by Baltimore left fielder Matt Angle. Angle for some unknown reason launched his throw back in toward the Orioles dugout, leaving catcher Matt Wieters helpless as Scutaro came all the way around from first to score.
- Beckett got out of a huge jam in the fifth inning after loading the bases with one out. With the Orioles having just tied the game via an RBI single from Chris Davis, Beckett got J.J. Hardy to pop out to third base and Nick Markakis to strikeout on a nasty curveball.
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