BOSTON (AP) -The Red Sox are moving up the starting times of two games against Baltimore this week so that Boston fans will not have to choose between watching baseball and the Celtics in the NBA finals.

The games Tuesday and Thursday at Fenway Park are now scheduled to begin one hour earlier at 6:05 p.m. The Boston Celtics are scheduled to play the Lakers in Games 3 and 4 at Los Angeles those days, starting at 9 p.m. EDT.

The game Wednesday between the Red Sox and Orioles remains a 7:05 p.m. start.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.