BOSTON (Interstat) — Shane Baz pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, striking out six, as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

Baltimore jumped ahead in the third when Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer, his 12th, scoring Adley Rutschman. Blaze Alexander added a sacrifice fly in the fourth. The Orioles had taken a 1-0 lead in the second.

Boston scored first in the opening inning on Wilyer Abreu’s sacrifice fly, then cut the lead to 4-2 in the fifth on Marcelo Mayer’s sacrifice fly. But Rico Garcia closed with a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Connelly Early took the loss, allowing four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. Coby Mayo homered for Baltimore. The Orioles improved to 29-32, while the Red Sox fell to 25-34. Attendance was 35,004. Time of game was 2:34.