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GAME UPDATE
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GAME LOG
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Nomar Garciaparra's quest to raise his batting
average back to .400 was stalled for a day after a persistent rain
washed out Wednesday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and
Baltimore Orioles.
The game will be made up Thursday as part of a day-night
doubleheader. The opener will start at 1:35 p.m. and the nightcap
is scheduled to get under way at 7:35.
Garciaparra went 1-for-3 against Montreal on Tuesday and
finished the game with a .399 batting average. The last player to
have a .400 average this late in the season was John Olerud, who
was at .402 on Aug. 2, 1993.
Garciaparra is hitting .418 in 44 games since returning from the
disabled list May 27. He's hitting .412 in July.
His pursuit of .400 has taken some of the attention away from
teammate Carl Everett, who is still awaiting word on a possible
suspension stemming from his confrontation with an umpire Saturday.
The Red Sox altered their rotation for the doubleheader. Pete
Schourek, who was scheduled to pitch Wednesday, will start the
second game Thursday. Ramon Martinez will start the opener.
Baltimore will start with Sidney Ponson in the opener and Scott
Erickson in the nightcap.
Shortly before the rainout became official, Orioles manager Mike
Hargrove spoke about how often Ponson has been scheduled to pitch
on rainy days.
"Sidney's pitching, so you know it's going to rain," Hargrove
said. "If Sidney pitches in the Gobi desert, he probably faces a
3-inch gullywasher."
Ponson had an April start pushed back by rain and pitched three
scoreless innings against Texas on June 15 before being pulled
after a rain delay of more than two hours. His last start, Friday
against Atlanta, came after the game was held up a half-hour by
rain.
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