Article: A walk on the wild side; Three balls give Coco free pass.(Sports)

Byline: JEFF HORRIGAN

BALTIMORE - Rocky Cherry initially blamed himself for not paying attention in the eighth inning at Camden Yards on Monday night when Coco Crisp drew an apparent walk on three balls. As it turned out, the Baltimore Orioles reliever was the only one involved in the play who had the count correct.

Home plate umpire Andy Fletcher and catcher Ramon Hernandez both voiced no objection when the Red Sox batter flipped his bat toward the on-deck circle and jogged to first after Cherry threw a 2-2 slider in the dirt, which he hoped Crisp would chase.

"I usually check the count and look at the scoreboard to see where I'm at but I was pretty confident it ...

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