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Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles

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Boston Red Sox
27-27, 16-12 Away
Final
3 - 11
Baltimore Orioles
34-18, 18-10 Home

Kyle Stowers has career-high 4 RBIs as Orioles topple Red Sox 11-3

Cedric Mullins added a two-run triple as Baltimore scored five runs in the fourth off Boston's Cooper Criswell (2-2) to help open the series with its fifth consecutive win.

"It was fun for me to have a big day, fun for the team to get a win," Stowers said. “Just cool to have a big moment.”

Cole Irvin (5-2) pitched five shutout innings in a return to the rotation spurred by the Orioles placing John Means and Dean Kremer on the 15-day injured list last week.

Criswell allowed seven runs — six earned — over four innings as Boston lost its third out of four overall and fourth straight against Baltimore. Five of the Orioles' six hits off the right-hander went for extra bases.

“He was OK,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “Not too many swing and misses. They did a good job taking away certain pitches, and they put good swings on it.”

Romy Gonzalez hit a three-run triple in the eighth off Baltimore's Thyago Vieira, who let all five batters reach in his club debut.

A second-round selection in the 2019 MLB draft that produced Orioles stars Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson, the 26-year-old Stowers has struggled to find time in Baltimore’s lineup.

But he made the most of his 33rd career start, and fourth since his most recent recall from Triple-A Norfolk.

“A lot more comfortable,” Stowers said. “Playing with a lot of confidence, a lot of gratitude. And honestly just playing, just playing the game.”

After lining out in the second, Stowers came up again with the bases loaded and none out in the fourth, and drove Criswell's 2-2 changeup the opposite way. Left fielder Jarren Duran started in on the ball, then couldn't retreat in time as it landed in the grass shy of the warning track, growing Baltimore's lead to 4-0.

Stowers added another double in a scoreless sixth, then drove in two more runs in the seventh with a single against the Red Sox's Brad Keller.

Irvin allowed four hits and three walks, and twice escaped jams while the game was still close.

In the second inning, he got Dominic Smith to hit into an inning-ending groundout to strand runners on the corners. In the fourth, he fanned Smith looking and Ceddanne Rafaela swinging to leave the bases loaded.

“It took a couple innings to get back to feeling kind of like myself,” Irvin said. “But all and all, battled through that and the last two innings felt like myself again.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: Right fielder Tyler O'Neill (right knee soreness) was out of the lineup for a second consecutive day, but was “most likely” to return Tuesday, Cora said.

UP NEXT

Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello will try to earn consecutive quality starts for the first time this season on Tuesday after allowing three runs in six innings of Boston's 8-5 win at Tampa Bay last Wednesday. The Orioles counter with right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, who tries for his first back-to-back wins since early April.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 61.3%
Red Sox: 38.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning González grounded out to third.
9th Inning Cooper flied out to center.
9th Inning Hamilton singled to right, Refsnyder to second.
9th Inning Wong flied out to right.
9th Inning Refsnyder singled to left.
9th Inning Tate relieved Pérez

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 13
10 Strikeouts 4
3 Runs Batted In 11
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 14
0 Stolen Bases 0
7 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 11
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 2
35 At Bats 36
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
25 Runners Left On Base 14
1 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 6
15 Fly Balls 21
0 Caught Stealing 0
168 Pitches 134
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
10 Total Bases 22
42 Plate Appearances 40
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
1 Extra Base Hits 7
4.3 Runs Created 8.6
.229 Batting Average .389
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.286 Slugging Percentage .611
.257 Secondary Average .278
.357 On Base Percentage .400
.643 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.011
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
4.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 9.7
22.5 Batter Rating 72.5
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.00 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.35
.057 Isolated Power .222
0.70 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.167 Walks Per Plate Appearance .050
.029 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.111
6.0 Runs Produced 22.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
75.5 MLB Rating 111.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 40,951 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 68 W1 0.5802469 94
Baltimore 3 71 W3 0.5617284 91
Boston 13 81 W1 0.5 81
Tampa Bay 14 82 L1 0.49382716 80
Toronto 20 88 L3 0.45679012 74
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