Friday morning Veronica flew down to join me for the last 2 days of my trip (we’re flying home Saturday afternoon).  Since we’re big baseball fans, AND Camden Yards is just 2 blocks away AND the Red Sox are in town, we just had to get tickets for the game Friday night.

We were out in left field, but not too far out in left field- just 3 rows from the wall!

Veronica appreciated when the Orioles were at bat, since that gave her more time to admire Jeremy Hermida

The game was a blowout (more on that in a moment), so the crowd started to thin out in the 7th inning or so.  During the course of the game, the Sox hit 3 home runs to left field.  A group of guys were sitting to our left and they left in the 7th inning, so they missed their chance to catch this ball, hit by Marco Scutaro in the top of the 8th inning.  This woman, however, was quite happy that they left!  (I didn’t have to zoom in, the ball landed 6 seats from me!!)

Since the game was a blowout and the crowds were thinning out, in the bottom of the 8th inning we moved closer to the infield and took some empty seats near third base so I could try to get some action shots.  I set the camera shutter on continuous shooting and hoped for the best.  Luck was on my side!!  That’s Miguel Tejada on first and Clay Buchholz, the Sox starting pitcher, is still on the mound going for the complete game in the bottom of the 9th inning.

This is where I really got lucky! Nick Markakis was batting and grounded to shortstop and I managed to get this picture of Dustin Pedroia turning the double play.  Look just above Tejada’s head, you can see the ball on the way to first base.

Like I said, the game was a blowout, 11-0!!  Even though the Sox won (hey, we’re Yankees fans!!) we had a great time and checked off another ballpark on our quest to visit as many major league stadiums as we can.