Gunnar Henderson's grand slam in the second put Baltimore ahead to stay, and Corbin Burnes pitched seven sharp innings to help the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday night.
BALTIMORE — Gunnar Henderson’s grand slam in the second put Baltimore ahead to stay, and Corbin Burnes pitched seven sharp innings to help the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday night.
The Orioles, winners of six of their last seven, have not lost any of their last 18 series against AL East foes, going 13-0-5. The defending division champs took two of three from Boston, scoring five runs in the second inning of the finale.Kutter Crawford gave up five runs in six innings, five days after yielding a season-high six runs against Milwaukee.
Then No. 9 hitter James McCann drew his first walk of the season to load the bases. Henderson followed with a drive to right. It was his 18th home run of the year, tying Houston’s Kyle Tucker for the major league lead. Boston’s only run came with plenty of assistance from the Orioles in the second. A single to left and a throwing error put Connor Wong on second with one out. Henderson was charged with an error when he couldn’t hold onto Burnes’ pickoff throw, allowing Wong to advance to third. Dominic Smith hit a groundball to drive in the game’s first run.Red Sox: Boston put OF Tyler O’Neill on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sunday.
Orioles: Westburg did not play after being hit around the hand by a pitch Tuesday night, although manager Brandon Hyde said he was feeling a lot better and X-rays were negative.Orioles: Off Thursday before hosting a three-game set against Tampa Bay.
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