Bedard, Beckett square off at Fenway

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07/31/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Streaking lefty Erik Bedard can stretch his unbeaten streak to nine starts tonight when the Baltimore Orioles head to Fenway Park for the first of three games with the American League East Division rival Boston Red Sox.

Bedard, a sixth-round draft pick of the Orioles in 1999, is 6-0 with a pair of no-decisions since losing, 6-1, to Colorado back on June 10.

He's given up two or fewer earned runs in seven of those eight starts, including a six-inning, one-run effort in a 6-1 defeat of Tampa Bay in his last outing on July 25.

The 28-year-old Canadian is 6-1 in 12 road starts this season with a 3.76 earned run average and is 3-4 in nine career appearances - eight starts - against Boston.

The Red Sox counter with ace right-hander Josh Beckett, who's one win off the major-league lead and just three away from tying the career-high of 16 he established last season.

The former first-round draft pick of the Florida Marlins was a tough-luck loser in his last start, allowing four hits and a run in eight innings of a 1-0 loss to Cleveland on July 25.

He's 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA in three career starts against Baltimore, including a 5-2 win at Camden Yards on April 26.

On Sunday in Baltimore, Johnny Damon went 3-for-5, drove in two runs and scored four times as the New York Yankees outslugged the Orioles, 10-6, in the finale of a three-game set.

Miguel Tejada and Nick Markakis each had three hits, and Brian Roberts homered and drove in three for the Orioles, who saw their six-game win streak come to an end. Daniel Cabrera (7-11) gave up six hits and four runs while fanning five and walking five in six innings.

In Tampa Bay, Dioner Navarro hit a solo home run to break a scoreless game during a five-run seventh inning as the Devil Rays defeated the Red Sox, 5-2, to salvage the final game of a three-game set at Tropicana Field.

Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis accounted for the Red Sox's only runs with a pair of solo homers. Boston had a brief three-game winning streak halted.

Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-8) was the hard-luck loser. The righty had a solid outing for the Red Sox, giving up two runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings pitched. He struck out six and walked a batter.

Boston has won four of five from the Orioles this season and is 29-12 in the series since the start of the 2005 campaign. The Orioles have also struggled in Beantown, where they have posted just two wins in their last 12 visits.

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