Rutschman’s two homers lift Red Sox over Orioles
BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Adley Rutschman homered twice and drove in two runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Rutschman opened the scoring in the first inning and tied it at 3 with a solo shot in the sixth. Nick Sogard hit a two-run homer in the eighth, and Roman Anthony added a solo drive in the ninth for Boston, which improved to 77-65.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Baltimore, which fell to 69-73. Pete Alonso also homered for the Orioles.
Erik Miller pitched a scoreless inning and earned the win, improving to 4-0. Aroldis Chapman recorded the save, his 31st, despite allowing two runs in the ninth. Luis De León took the loss and dropped to 0-2.
Boston starter Jake Bennett allowed three earned runs over six innings with seven strikeouts. Brandon Young struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings for Baltimore.
Attendance was 19,720. The game lasted 2:34.