"If he gets the guy out, it's a different story. He doesn't. He said he wanted the pitch back, but I'm the guy who left him out there, so I'm the guy responsible for it."
Guthrie hung a 2-1 off-speed pitch that Youkilis belted over the left-field wall for his 18th homer. As soon as the ball landed in the seats, Guthrie bent down, put his hands at his knees and started screaming toward the ground.
"I appreciate the opportunity to go back out there," Guthrie said. "We get a big home run from Aubrey to put us back ahead, and I got out there and had a lot of confidence I could get through that seventh inning. You can never complain as a player for letting your manager let you go out there and compete and show that confidence. Unfortunately, I couldn't reward him and, more importantly, the team with that one big out."
Asked about his problems giving up the long ball, Guthrie said: "The only thing I can think of is I just don't have great movement on my pitches. I've always been a pitcher that's been around the zone like I have this year, but when you don't have that little bit of extra, when you don't have that movement, which I haven't had hardly at all this entire season, that's the only real reason I can come up with."
The Orioles had men on first and second with one out in both the seventh and eighth innings and couldn't score. Ramon Ramirez got out of the jam in the seventh, and Hideki Okajima did the same in the eight, thanks to his stab of a liner by Matt Wieters that had appeared destined for center field and a game-tying RBI single.
Boston's All-Star closer, Jonathan Papelbon, pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 27th save, striking out Reimold to end it.
"We had a real nice opportunity to get a win, and it didn't happen because of my pitches," Guthrie said.
Baseball inside
Bergesen on DL: : Orioles starting pitcher Brad Bergesen, who was hit in the left leg by a line drive Thursday, is placed on the disabled list. Relievers Chris Ray and Kam Mickolio are recalled. PG 3
No deal for O's: : Andy MacPhail describes the Orioles' nonwaiver trade deadline day as "uneventful." PG 3
Peavy to White Sox: : Padres pitcher Jake Peavy approves a trade to Chicago, and catcher-first baseman Victor Martinez is sent from the Indians to the Red Sox. PG 4
Box score
for Friday's game PG 4
RED SOX @ORIOLES
Tonight, 7:05
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