Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles

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Boston Red Sox

64-58, 35-25 Away

Final
12 - 10

Baltimore Orioles

72-51, 36-27 Home

Masataka Yoshida homers and has 4 RBIs, Red Sox outlast Orioles 12-10

Burnes (12-5) gave up eight runs and 10 hits — both career highs — in four innings. It was a performance unbefitting the AL starter last month in the All-Star game and the 2021 Cy Young Award winner.

Burnes yielded two home runs, walked three and threw two wild pitches on a hot, humid night. His ERA jumped from 2.71 to 3.10, the highest it's been all season.

“Probably he was off a little bit,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “Just one of those nights. It wasn't a good one for him, but he grinded with us. He's a great pitcher, probably one of the top five in the league.”

Ramón Urías went 3 for 3 with a homer and five RBI for the Orioles, who fell a game behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. Rookie Jackson Holliday had his first four-hit game and scored three runs.

“Our offense kept fighting, but we came up short,” Holliday said. “But it's pretty special to get four hits.”

Despite getting 17 hits and cutting a five-run deficit to 12-10, Baltimore stranded 12 runners and never led after the fourth inning.

Rafael Devers doubled in a run in the first inning and hit a two-run drive in the third for a 4-1 lead. After the Orioles pulled even in the bottom half, Yoshida capped the fourth with a three-run shot that made it 8-4.

“Just a smart hitter," Cora said about Yoshida. "He’s in a good place physically and he’s putting good swings on the ball.”

It was 8-6 before the Red Sox tacked on three runs in the seventh against Craig Kimbrel, who's trying to regain his job as Baltimore's closer. This game didn't help that effort, as he was booed lustily by the home crowd after giving up a two-run homer to David Hamilton and a solo blast by Jarren Duran.

Cooper Criswell (5-4) got the win despite allowing six runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings. He was the third of eight Boston pitchers, with starter Brennan Bernadino getting only two outs before manager Alex Cora tapped deep into his bullpen.

Kenley Jansen worked the ninth to earn his 23rd save and seal Boston's second win in eight games against Baltimore this season.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: Boston activated 1B Triston Casas (rib strain) off the 60-day DL, hoping his return will provide some punch to the lineup. “Hitting the ball out of the ballpark is important. That's what he brings to the equation,” Cora said of Casas, who had six homers in 78 ABs before going on the IL on April 21. ... Boston also reinstated RH Cooper Criswell from the Covid-19 IL, optioned RH Chase Shugart to Triple-A Worcester and designated 1B/DH Dominic Smith (.237, 6 HRs, 34 RBI in 83 games) for assignment. ... The Red Sox expect OF Tyler O'Neil (leg infection) back on Saturday, Cora said.

Orioles: C Adley Rutschman was scratched minutes before the game because of lower back discomfort.

Baltimore was poised to recall rookie Cade Povich (1-5, 6.27 ERA) from Triple-A Norfolk to start Saturday, a move manager Brandon Hyde said is designed to give 34-year-old Albert Suárez an extra day of rest after he pitched a season-high 6 2/3 innings Sunday. Brayan Bello (10-5, 4.97) was set to start for Boston.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 66.6%

Red Sox: 33.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mountcastle grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Henderson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Santander struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	K. Jansen relieved Martin
	9th Inning	Abreu struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran flied out to left.

Statistics

BOS		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	16
12	Strikeouts	8
12	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	17
2	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
42	At Bats	41
4	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
195	Pitches	177
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
30	Total Bases	25
47	Plate Appearances	49
648.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	5
11.7	Runs Created	11.3
.333	Batting Average	.415
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.714	Slugging Percentage	.610
.548	Secondary Average	.366
.404	On Base Percentage	.469
1.119	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.079
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
11.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.3
84.0	Batter Rating	67.5
10.5	At Bats Per Home Run	41.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.381	Isolated Power	.195
0.42	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.106	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
.214	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.049
24.0	Runs Produced	19.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.5
118.8	MLB Rating	114.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0