BOSTON (Interstat) – Garrett Whitlock earned the win and Aroldis Chapman notched his 22nd save as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Monday at Fenway Park.

Boston improved to 51-48 while Baltimore fell to 49-52. The game lasted 2 hours, 24 minutes before 37,659 fans.

The Orioles struck first in the top of the first inning on Tyler O’Neill’s ground-rule double that scored Gunnar Henderson. Boston tied it in the second on a sacrifice fly by Jarren Duran. The Red Sox took a 3-1 lead in the third on an RBI double by Wilyer Abreu and a run-scoring single by Willson Contreras.

Baltimore tied it at 3 in the sixth on a Jeremiah Jackson single and an RBI single by Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and grabbed a 5-4 lead in the seventh when O’Neill grounded out to score Taylor Ward. Boston answered in the bottom of the seventh on a Ceddanne Rafaela single that tied the game. The Red Sox took the lead for good in the eighth on a run-scoring play.

Whitlock pitched a scoreless inning. Tyler Wells took the loss. Shane Baz worked six innings for the Orioles.