Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles

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Boston Red Sox

63-58, 34-25 Away

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Baltimore Orioles

72-50, 36-26 Home

Zach Eflin improves to 4-0 with Baltimore, pitches the Orioles past the Red Sox, 5-1

Eflin (9-7) has won all four starts since Baltimore acquired him from Tampa Bay before the trade deadline. He allowed a run and five hits, striking out a season-high eight without a walk.

“He pitches to both sides of the plate extremely well, and he's unbelievably prepared and (has a) great gameplan going in,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “When he executes, it's tough to hit.”

The Orioles pulled into a first-place tie with the idle New York Yankees atop the AL East. Boston is eight games behind.

Nick Pivetta (5-8) allowed three runs and three hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked one, but two of the hits he yielded were homers.

Henderson went deep for the second straight game and 31st time in 2024. His two-run shot in the fourth gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead. Mullins hit a solo homer in the fifth.

Wilyer Abreu homered in the fourth for Boston's lone run.

Ryan Mountcastle delivered a pinch-hit single in the sixth to drive in a run and make it 4-1.

Gregory Soto allowed two of his three batters to reach in the seventh in relief of Eflin, but Burch Smith came on and escaped the jam with a double play grounder.

Colton Cowser hit an RBI double in the seventh.

Boston reliever Chase Shugart made his big league debut, allowing a run and three hits in 2 2/3 innings.

“Pounded the strike zone with good stuff. Wasn't afraid,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Nobody can take that away from him. He's a big leaguer. Whatever happens in the future, it happens.”

Although the Orioles and Yankees have come back to earth of late, Boston has a lot of ground to make up in the standings. The Red Sox have dropped six of eight and trail Kansas City by 2 1/2 games for the American League’s final wild card.

Baltimore is 6-1 against the Red Sox this year and 27-13 vs. the AL East.

ROSTER MOVES

Boston sent INF Jamie Westbrook outright to Triple-A Worcester. ... The Orioles recalled INF Livan Soto from Triple-A Norfolk and optioned INF Coby Mayo to Norfolk.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: DH Masataka Yoshida was hit around the back of his right shoulder by Gregory Soto’s first pitch in the seventh. He remained in the game.

Orioles: OF Anthony Santander appeared to foul a pitch off his right leg in the seventh. He too stayed in.

Corbin Burnes (12-4, 2.71 ERA) takes the mound for the Orioles on Friday night. Cooper Criswell (4-4, 4.02 ERA) is the likely starter for Boston.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 59.8%

Red Sox: 40.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	D. Jansen grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Yoshida grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Wong out at second.
	9th Inning	Wong reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Cano relieved Pérez
	8th Inning	Holliday grounded out to pitcher.
	8th Inning	Rutschman popped out to third.

Statistics

BOS		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	6
10	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	16
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.9	Runs Created	4.7
.219	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.516
.125	Secondary Average	.323
.265	On Base Percentage	.303
.577	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.819
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
14.0	Batter Rating	39.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.27
.094	Isolated Power	.258
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	86.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0