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BOSTON -- Chris Davis has rewritten the Baltimore Orioles record book with 51 homers, and he leads the majors with 92 extra-base hits. Pittsburgh Pirates Shirts . Sometimes a single is good enough. The Orioles slugger drove in the game-winning runs with his 12th-inning single to beat Boston 5-3 on Wednesday night and help Baltimore avoid elimination in the AL East. Matt Wieters had a pair of RBI doubles for Baltimore, which moved one game behind Texas in the race for the ALs second wild-card spot when the Rangers lost 4-3 in 12 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays. "Any time youre in a game like that you want to be the guy to get the hit -- whether its a squibber up the middle or a home run or whatever it is," Davis said. "You can feel the intensity of both teams trying to get a run. Ill take it whatever way I can get it." The Red Sox magic number to clinch the AL East remained at three. But Boston moved one game closer to guaranteeing itself at least a wild-card berth when the Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland 7-2. "We know where the playoffs are. We know how far away we are. Were not stupid," catcher David Ross said moments after the clubhouse TV showed the Tampa Bay Rays beating Texas. "So we feel pretty good about our chances." T.J. McFarland (2-1) worked the 11th for the win and Jim Johnson got the final three outs for his AL-leading 47th save. "We ended up with a W at the end of a long challenging night," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Im so proud of everybody. You can see why Bostons had a great year." The Orioles played their 114th errorless game, surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros for the majors most since 1900. J.J. Hardy and Brian Roberts had consecutive one-out singles and both advanced on a wild pitch by Franklin Morales (2-2). After pinch-hitter Steve Pearce was intentionally walked, Manny Machado fouled out before Davis grounded one up the middle into centre field. Boston had runners on first and second with one out in the 11th, but Stephen Drew grounded into a double play. David Ortiz hit his 28th home run -- a two-run shot -- and Mike Napoli added a solo homer for the Red Sox. Baltimore had pulled in front 3-2 in the sixth on Wieters RBI double, but Napoli hit his solo homer into the centre field bleachers leading off the bottom of the inning against Wei-Yin Chen. Boston jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on Ortizs long homer into the seats about 15 rows back in right field. Victorino singled before Ortiz hit the first pitch, holding his bat and admiring his drive for a while before rounding the bases. Boston starter Jake Peavy went seven innings, allowing three runs, six hits, striking out eight and walking one. Chen gave up three runs on 11 hits, striking out five without a walking a batter in 5 2-3 innings. Boston closer Koji Uehara pitched a perfect 10th one night after having his club-record streak of retiring 37 consecutive batters snapped and taking the loss. Baltimore tied it with two runs in the fifth. Danny Valencia had the Orioles first hit -- a leadoff single -- and scored on Wieters double into the centre field triangle just over the glove of Victorinos running bid. Roberts RBI doubled tied it. Mixing a well-spotted fastball with a slider and change up, Peavy struck out seven and opened the game with four hitless innings. He walked Roberts on for the first base runner with two outs in the third. The Red Sox had the bases loaded with no outs in the third, but Napoli lined to short and Jonny Gomes bounced into a double play. NOTES: Boston CF Jacoby Ellsbury, sidelined for his 11th straight game after breaking a small bone in his right foot, said hes still planning to be back by the end of the regular season. "Im making great progress. The doctors are pleased with how things are going," he said. "Im taking it day by day." ... Showalter said hell know Thursday whether Miguel Gonzalez (sore right groin) or Bud Norris (sore right elbow) will be able to start Saturday. "Miguel feels pretty good today. Thats pretty encouraging," Showalter said. "I was surprised. He might be a choice for Saturday. Hes going to throw (Thursday). Im going to make a decision (Thursday) whether its Miggy, Bud or somebody else." ... Boston manager John Farrell said "I can see us going with 11 pitchers," when asked his plan for a probable Divisional playoff series. Pittsburgh Pirates Pro Shop . The Jets have now won three straight at home and four of the last five at the MTS Centre. After a scoreless first period, Brad Marchand scored his first goal in eight games eight seconds into the second. Cheap Pirates Jerseys . The 49ers, 6-2 and riding a five-game winning streak following the bye week, also waived cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and activated cornerback Eric Wright from the reserve/non-football injury list. Manningham made 42 receptions for 449 yards and one touchdown in 12 games and 10 starts last season before injuring his left knee in a loss at Seattle Dec. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/ .com) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to win two straight games for the first time since mid-January on Monday night as they play host to the struggling New York Islanders.Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Gordon Hayward joked last month on Twitter that hed crush LeBron James in a game of one-on-one. Hayward was talking about video games, but he did get the best of James on Wednesday. Hayward stepped back and drained a right-wing jumper at the buzzer to lift the Utah Jazz to a 102-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. James, who had six points in the final 13.9 seconds, hit three free throws after drawing a foul from beyond the arc on Derrick Favors with 3.4 seconds left to tie the game, but Hayward had the answer at the other end to send the Cavs to a 1-3 start. Hayward took an inbounds pass at the top of the arc as James fell down, took a few dribbles to his right, stepped back and rose over the outstretched arm of Tristan Thompson as time expired. Hayward finished with 21 points and seven assists, Derrick Favors posted 21 points and 10 rebounds and Enes Kanter added 18 points for the Jazz, who have won two of three since starting 0-2. Kyrie Irving netted a game-high 34 points and James provided 31 for Cleveland, which trailed by as many as 16, but Irvings runner with 5:25 left stakked the Cavs to their first lead of the second half at 87-85. Pirates Jerseys China. James nailed a jumper to make it 89-86 before Utah responded with a 10-1 run. Favors put in a reverse layup and split a pair of free throws to cap the surge and give the Jazz a 96-90 advantage with 1:29 to go. After Alec Burks sunk two foul shots to give Utah a 98-94 spread, James swished a fadeaway triple from the left corner with 13.9 ticks on the clock. Burks knocked down two more freebies at the other end prior to James three makes from the charity stripe. Earlier, the Jazz made nine of their first 11 shots and raced out to a 22-14 start before settling for a 32-23 cushion following a quarter of play. Utah led 59-48 at halftime and built the margin as high as 15 early on in the third. Cleveland closed the third on an 18-6 surge to get within 76-75 heading into the final frame. Game Notes Utah outrebounded Cleveland 41-30 and held a 46-38 advantage in the paint ... The Cavs scored 24 points off 15 Utah turnovers ... 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