Rafael Devers had four hits, including a key triple, as the Boston Red Sox beat the host Baltimore Orioles 8-3 on Tuesday night.
Wilyer Abreu and Rob Refsnyder homered for the Red Sox, who evened the three-game series at a game apiece.
Boston’s pitching didn’t allow a run over the final eight innings after the Orioles scored 11 runs a day earlier. Baltimore’s season-best five-game winning streak ended.
Trailing 4-3, the Orioles loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth inning. Boston reliever Brennan Bernardino doused the threat with two strikeouts sandwiched around a fielder’s choice grounder.
Devers led off the eighth with a triple and scored on Connor Wong’s single for a 5-3 lead.
In the ninth, pinch hitter Romy Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly stretched the lead before Refsnyder hit his two-run shot to left-center. It was the second long ball of the season for Refsnyder, who doubled and scored earlier in the night.
Brayan Bello (6-2) struck out seven during his five-plus innings for Boston. He was charged with three runs on five hits.
Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez (5-2) went six innings, giving up four runs. He struck out 10 with one walk.
The teams combined for seven runs in the first 1 1/2 innings. The scoring began with Abreu’s sixth homer of the season before Devers singled in Refsnyder.
The Orioles went up 3-2 in the bottom of the first. Gunnar Henderson hit a leadoff double on Bello’s second pitch, Adley Rutschman walked and Colton Cowser plated Henderson on a one-out infield single. After Bello loaded the bases by hitting Anthony Santander, Westburg sent a two-run single down the right field line.
The Red Sox went back ahead, in the second. Jarren Duran hit an RBI double and Duran scored on Devers’ infield hit.
–Field Level Media
