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 Second baseman Pedroia is making his way back after sitting out 42
games due to a strained right hamstring and has started six of
Boston's last eight games with hits in all of them.
He finished 2-for-4 with a walk on Wednesday.
"I feel healthy so it's just a matter of getting back in the rhythm
of the game and stuff like that," Pedroia said.
"Sometimes you get hurt and miss some time. The biggest thing is for
me is to make sure I'm out there feeling good and being able to help
us win."
Pedroia hit a two-run homer in the third and added a three-run shot
in the fourth as the Red Sox scored five to go up 9-0.
David Ortiz hit his 501st career homer with a solo shot in the
second, while Brock Holt contributed two RBI singles, and shortstop
Deven Marrero finished 3-for-4 with an RBI single.
All of the offense gave Owens (3-2) a nice cushion to work with and
the left-hander responded as he mixed his pitches throughout the
game, often using a good change-up to throw off the timing of the
Baltimore batters.
Owens threw a career-high 113 pitches and rarely found trouble with
left fielder Steve Pearce giving the Orioles their lone run with an
RBI groundout in the ninth.
"Great outing when we needed it," Red Sox interim manager Torey
Lovullo said.
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"We had our backs up against the wall because of the long outing
from the bullpen yesterday, and he gave us everything and then
some."
Owens scattered six hits and struck out four without a walk and knew
the Orioles like to swing for the fences and tried to use that to
his advantage.
"I knew the majority of their lineup was pretty aggressive and kind
of took that book into today and rolled with it," Owens said.
"Every lineup's different, obviously. But I think the majority of
those guys are trying to hunt and drive the ball out of the
ballpark."
(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury)
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