BOSTON (Interstat) — The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park in the first game of a doubleheader. Boston scored four runs in the first inning to take an early lead. Caleb Durbin singled in two runs, and Jarren Duran followed with a triple that drove in two more.

Baltimore responded with a run in the third on Tyler O’Neill’s double, but Boston answered in the bottom half on Duran’s sacrifice fly. Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered for the Orioles in the fourth, cutting the deficit to 5-2. Ceddanne Rafaela homered for Boston in the bottom of the fourth to restore a four-run lead. Encarnacion-Strand singled in another run in the sixth for the final margin.

Jake Bennett earned the win, allowing three runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts. Dean Kremer took the loss, surrendering six runs on eight hits in six innings. Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save. Encarnacion-Strand went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Duran drove in three runs. Attendance was 35,039, and the game lasted 2 hours, 19 minutes. The Orioles fell to 49-53, while the Red Sox improved to 52-48.