Red Sox 4, Orioles 3

 

Man, Baltimore always plays us tough!

Roman Anthony homered to deep right center in the first inning, the first lead-off home run of his career, while Jarren Duran hit a three-run homer in the fifth. Duran has now reached base in 19 straight games, tying his career high in the longest current streak in the majors. But Bregman, Story, Lowe, Rafaella, and Hamilton all went 0-for-4 at bat yesterday.

The four runs were enough for a win, fortunately. Bernardino left the game after only 14 pitches, to be replaced by Dick Fitts, who left the game after four innings due to right biceps tightness. He will be evaluated today, but said he was feeling pretty good after the game.

It was an essential win for the Sox because both New York and Toronto also won last night. Don't want to fall back down to third, do we boys?   

Giolito (8-2, 3.72) pitches tonight against the O's Kyle Bradish (2-0, 2.75).