BALTIMORE -- The Boston Red Sox are in control of the American League East race thanks to their recent hot stretch.They are riding a seven-game winning streak and hold a five-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays and a six-game advantage over Baltimore heading into the finale of a four-game series with the Orioles on Thursday.The Red Sox, who won the first three of the series, have just 10 games left in the season. Left-hander David Price (16-8, 3.91 ERA) will pitch for Boston in the series finale, coming in with his own seven-game winning streak, the third longest of his career.Right-hander Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.72 ERA) will start for Baltimore, which holds the second AL wild-card spot. Toronto is a game ahead of the Orioles in the top wild-card position, and Baltimore is a game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros.Price is 2-1 this year against the Orioles. He gave up two runs on two hits in eight innings during a 12-2 rout of Baltimore on Sept. 12 at Fenway Park.Hanley Ramirez sat out the Wednesday night game due to a sore shoulder, but Red Sox manager John Farrell said the first baseman also is dealing with some other aches and pains.Boston is trying to keep focused on the task at hand, winning the division, and trying to not look forward until it is all over.We have a young club with a couple of veterans on it, right-hander Clay Buchholz said after he threw seven innings and got the win Wednesday as Boston topped Baltimore 5-1. For them to get to point where we are lucky enough to win the division, I think thats when everything will set in. We still have a couple weeks left of games.Tillman has been the teams stopper all season long -- except for his short stint on the disabled list -- and the Orioles need him to come through once more due to their poor play this far in the series.Tillman is coming off of a pretty good start in a 5-2 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. He gave up three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.His 16 victories tie a career high that he reached three years ago.Baltimore manager Buck Showalter confirmed the first two starters for this weekends interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Camden Yards -- Yovani Gallardo on Friday and Wade Miley going on Saturday. The starter for the Sunday series finale had yet to be announced.The Arizona series will be the last three home games for Baltimore this season. 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COLUMBIA, S.C. - No. 8 South Carolina womens soccer extended its winning streak to double-digits after downing Kentucky 3-0 at Stone Stadium Sunday behind goals from seniors Sophie Groff and Kaleigh Kurtz and junior Lindsey Lane. Junior forward Savannah McCaskill added a pair of assists for the Gamecocks (10-0-1-, 4-0-0 SEC), who remain as one of four teams unbeaten on the year. Kentucky fell to 4-5-2 overall and 0-3-1 in conference action with the loss.All three goals came in a span of less than 12 minutes for Carolina, which didnt allow a single shot in the second half. The Gamecocks boasted a 25-2 shot advantage for the match, putting 10 attempts on target.South Carolina broke through in the 56th minute when McCaskill sent a great ball into the box from just inside the attacking third. Her pass hit Groff in stride, and the senior attacker fired a shot that hit off the post. Groff stuck with the play and collected the rebound before burying the ball into the back of the net.The lead grew to two in the 64th minute when Kurtz connected on her first goal of the season. The center back found some space near the top of the box and rifled a shot into the top right corner past the diving body of Kentucky goalkeeper Evangeline Soucie. The unassisted goal was the second of Kurtzs career.South Carolinas advantage didnt stay at two for long, as the Gamecocks put the game away in the 67th minute following great footwork on the end line from McCaskill. The forward eluded the Kentuucky defense with a back heel move that left her all alone in the right side of the box.dddddddddddd With plenty of space, McCaskill delivered a pass to Lane, who knocked in her sixth career goal from the heart of the box to make it 3-0.Gamecock freshman Mikayla Krzeczowski recorded two saves and moved to 7-0-1 on the season following the victory. South Carolina attempted four corner kicks against Kentucky, and Sundays performance marked its fifth shutout in the last six matches.QUOTABLE We continued at it and didnt get frustrated from the first half. We had a lot of opportunities, and we did well to be a little more dangerous in the second half. It was a great credit to our team to do what we needed to do to win the game. - South Carolina womens soccer coach Shelley SmithGAMECHANGER Senior defender Kaleigh Kurtzs strike from the top of the box pushed the lead to two and gave the Gamecocks total control of the match. Kurtz boasts six points this season on one goal and four assists.KEY STAT South Carolina allowed just two shots the entire afternoon against the Wildcats. Kentucky did not record in a shot in the final 51 minutes of the match.UP NEXT South Carolina plays the first of two-straight SEC road matches on Thu., Sept. 29, when it travels to No. 14 Texas A&M. 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