The Baltimore Orioles were already down 3-0 to the Boston Red Sox in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday night so any additional insurance runs would have made their task in the bottom of the frame even harder. O's reliever Cionel Perez found himself pitching to Ceddanne Rafaela with two on and one out, needing a double play to get out of the frame and minimize the damage. The good news, according to Baltimore broadcasters Kevin Brown and Jim Palmer, was that Rafaela was nearly impossible to walk so attacking the strike zone would pay off.
"This is a guy you can't walk," Brown said. "Rafaela is 160 plate appearances without one now."
