Sports Xchange: Orioles Go For 3-Game Sweep Of Red Sox

By Gethin Coolbaugh, The Sports Xchange

BOSTON -- Wade Miley is the one being tasked with making sure that the Baltimore Orioles keep going in the right direction after a pair of surprisingly easy victories against the Boston Red Sox.

Miley opposes Boston's Doug Fister in Sunday's series finale between the American League East rivals at Fenway Park after the Orioles outscored the Red Sox 23-3 while taking the first two games of the set.

Baltimore (64-65) is still a long shot to win the AL East crown, trailing division-leading Boston (73-56) by nine games, but the Orioles are now well within striking distance for a wild-card spot.

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