Showalter on Tillman, O'Day, Rickard and Jones (O's down 10-2)

BOSTON - Pitcher Chris Tillman had "normal soreness" this afternoon following yesterday's start in Detroit, his first since coming off the disabled list. Nothing to alarm the Orioles.

"I don't think people realize the transition from the day you pitch to the next day you pitch," said manager Buck Showalter. "They go through periods of soreness. But his shoulder feels good, so he'll take the day completely off and see how tomorrow goes. That was good to hear."

Darren O'Day remains scheduled to throw another simulated game Tuesday afternoon. He could be activated from the disabled list later this week.

"We're hoping for good news after tomorrow," Showalter said.

"We'll see if he needs another one or not. Leave it kind of up to him and Richie (Bancells) and Wally (Dave Wallace). But so far so good. It will be nice to get some of the guys back that we've been missing for a while."

Outfielder Joey Rickard remains on a hitting progression in Sarasota. He's eligible to come off the disabled list Sept. 19, but Showalter doesn't know whether the Rule 5 pick will be ready.

"It's still early," Showalter said. "Ask me a couple days after instructional league starts (on Thursday)."

Showalter said he didn't read the entire USA Today story with Adam Jones talking about race in baseball.

"I try to stay away from the headlines. They don't usually reflect the story," Showalter said.

"You know when a national guy comes, he's not going to write something just reporting the game and what's going on, right? Otherwise, they would never get promoted."

Jones repeated today that he always will stand for the anthem and also support an athlete's right to protest, with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a highly publicized example.

"I think everybody here would feel that way, as far as respecting his rights," Showalter said. "People have the same right to criticize things. They might criticize his stand, they might criticize my decision every night. That's how we fought so hard for these rights to be able to do that in this country."

Showalter was asked how he felt about athletes using their platform to speak their mind about political and social issues.

"That's their decision," he replied. "The country you live in. Thank goodness they've got those choices."

How would Showalter feel if one of his players refused to stand for the anthem?

"It's about the competition, what we're all here for, but take each case as it comes, communicate," he replied. "If you wait until that happens, to be able to communicate those things, from my standpoint .... I've been with Adam a long time. I feel like I know him real well. It's one of the reasons why he's such a good player, a good teammate."

Jones also spoke up last year during the Baltimore riots. His words tend to carry more weight.

"This isn't the first time," Showalter said. "His words are listened to because of him being a major league player, (Kaepernick) being a quarterback, me being a manager. You get asked your opinion about a lot of things. You always have to think about, what I always tell our players, the way it reflects on your teammates, the organization and other things."

Update: The Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning to take a 5-0 lead.

Wade Miley gave up six hits in the inning, including Mookie Bett's two-run double. Betts is now 23-for-51 (.451) with four doubles, eight home runs and 19 RBIs against the Orioles this season.

Manny Machado failed to backhand Xander Bogaerts' grounder behind the bag and Steve Pearce had major problems in left field.

Pearce appeared to run down David Ortiz's drive in left-center, but couldn't make the catch, allowing Boston to load the bases with no outs. He couldn't get to Betts' liner. And two runs scored on Hanley Ramirez's RBI single after Betts held up and third, then raced home as Pearce held the ball before throwing back to the infield.

Miley threw 27 pitches in the inning.

Chris Davis homered with two outs in the top of the second inning, his 37th, to reduce the lead to 5-1.

Update II: Vance Worley walked Ramirez to force in a run, charged to Miley, and the Orioles trail 6-1.

Miley turned in his shortest start with the Orioles, charged with six runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 innings. He was gone after 41 pitches.

Update III: Worley allowed a run in the third on Chris Young's leadoff double, Sandy Leon's infield hit and Jackie Bradley Jr.'s sacrifice fly. The Orioles are down 7-1.

Update IV: Manny Machado cut the lead to 7-4 in the fourth inning with his 35th home run.

Update V: Ramirez homered off Worley in the fourth and Young took him deep leading off the fifth to increase the lead to 9-2. Oliver Drake now pitching.

Update VI: The Red Sox have scored in every inning tonight, with David Ortiz's home run off Oliver Drake in the sixth increasing the lead to 10-2.