12-Jun-2008
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Boston Red Sox starter Bartolo Colon pitches to the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth inning of their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Wednesday, June 11, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elise Amendola BOSTON - Bartolo Colon got the 150th victory of his career with six strong innings. And he didn't make any fielding mistakes. Colon allowed one run and five hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday night. Five days earlier, Colon made two errors in his only loss of the season, an 8-0 setback to Seattle which he left trailing 5-0. Against the Orioles, Colon (4-1) was staked to a 5-0 lead. Jason Varitek's three-run homer capped the Red Sox's five-run first inning against Garrett Olson (5-2). Mike Lowell's solo shot made it 6-1 in the sixth, an inning after Luke Scott homered for Baltimore. Boston was...
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