Article: Bedard masterful again: Scoreless innings reach 16; Markakis, Patterson homer.

Byline: Roch Kubatko

Jul. 14--A curveball dropped into catcher Ramon Hernandez's glove last night, and Orioles pitcher Erik Bedard started to walk off the mound before plate umpire Adrian Johnson could signal a called third strike. Bedard already knew the sixth inning was over for the Chicago White Sox.

His dominance was just as obvious -- and a tad repetitive.

Bedard extended his scoreless-innings streak to 16, blanking the White Sox through the seventh, and Nick Markakis and Corey Patterson homered to provide all the scoring in the Orioles' 2-0 victory before an announced crowd of 28,162 at Camden Yards.

Chris Ray walked two batters ...

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