BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox make their final tune-up for the postseason this afternoon in the regular-season finale against the Baltimore Orioles, who close a very disappointing year.

	SEASON SERIES
	Jun. 22 Jun. 23 Jun. 24 Jul. 21 Jul. 22 Sep. 24 Sep. 25 Sep. 26 Sep. 27 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3	at Baltimore 5, Boston 3 Boston 5, at Baltimore 0 Boston 2, at Baltimore 1 Baltimore 6, at Boston 1 Baltimore 5, at Boston 2 Baltimore 1, at Boston 0 at Boston 4, Baltimore 1 Baltimore 8, at Boston 5 at Boston 5, Baltimore 3 Boston 6, at Baltimore 2 Boston 8, at Baltimore 0 Boston at Baltimore, 1:35pm ET

Boston has already clinched the wild card and will face Cleveland in the Division Series. The Red Sox already have surpassed last season's club, which went 92-70.

Boston's Nomar Garciaparra, who has not played this weekend due to a sore wrist, will win his first batting title with a .357 average.

Pat Rapp (6-7, 4.18 ERA) starts for the Red Sox. The righthander is 0-2 in his last five starts after winning four straight decisions. He gave up two runs -- one earned -- and four hits over six innings in a no-decision against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Rapp has allowed just one run and eight hits over 10 innings in two appearances against Baltimore this season. He won his only career decision vs. the Orioles.

The Orioles showed signs of a life with a strong September but will finish with a losing record for the second straight year.

Scott Kamieniecki (2-4, 5.26) will start for the Orioles in the season finale. He pitched two scoreless innings in relief in Thursday's win over the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader.

Boston leads the season series, 6-5.

BOSTON 10-game log	BALTIMORE 10-game log
Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 @ Chi. White Sox @ Chi. White Sox @ Chi. White Sox @ Chi. White Sox @ Baltimore @ Baltimore @ Baltimore null W 6-2 L 2-4 L 2-5 W 6-2 W 8-0	Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 NY Yankees NY Yankees NY Yankees NY Yankees Boston Boston Boston L 5-9 5-9 W 5-0 L 5-12 L 2-6 L 0-8

Boston regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

33 23 24 30 13 5 25 20 7 44

Jason Varitek Brian Daubach Mike Stanley Jose Offerman John Valentin Nomar Garciaparra Troy O'Leary Darren Lewis Trot Nixon Butch Huskey

6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3

220 201 205 190 185 180 200 190 200 244

B-R L-R R-R B-R R-R R-R L-L R-R L-L R-R

481 379 425 584 446 532 595 468 380 384

130 112 120 172 113 190 167 113 103 109

39 33 22 37 27 42 36 14 22 15

2 3 0 11 1 4 4 6 5 0

20 21 19 8 12 27 28 2 15 22

76 73 72 69 70 104 103 40 52 77

.270 .296 .282 .295 .253 .357 .281 .241 .271 .284

Complete Boston roster

Baltimore regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

21 18 11 8 14 9 0 88 17

Charles Johnson Jeff Conine Delino DeShields Cal Ripken Jr. Mike Bordick Brady Anderson Gene Kingsale Albert Belle B.J. Surhoff

6-2 6-1 6-1 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1

220 220 175 220 175 202 194 225 200

R-R R-R L-R R-R R-R L-L B-R R-R L-R

426 440 330 332 626 559 82 607 669

107 127 87 113 174 158 21 181 207

19 31 11 27 34 28 2 36 38

1 1 2 0 7 5 0 1 1

16 13 6 18 10 24 0 37 28

54 75 34 57 77 81 7 117 107

.251 .289 .264 .340 .278 .283 .256 .298 .309

Complete Baltimore roster

Regulars Statistics source: STATS, Inc.

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