Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles

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Boston Red Sox

65-59, 36-26 Away

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Baltimore Orioles

73-52, 37-28 Home

Suárez delivers again for the Orioles, who earn a split with a 4-2 victory over Boston

Suárez (6-4) briefly returned to the bullpen following the trade deadline, but an injury to Grayson Rodriguez means the Orioles need him in the rotation again. He's gone three consecutive starts — totaling 17 2/3 innings — without allowing a run, and after losing the first two anyway, Baltimore was able prevail in this one despite being outhit 11-3.

Suárez allowed seven hits and struck out six with no walks in six innings. He fanned Tyler O'Neill on a full count after the first two batters had reached base in the fourth, and although two more reached in the sixth, the 34-year-old right-hander struck out three that inning.

“He's really professional and mature,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “He just really goes on to the next pitch really, really well because he's got a lot of years of experience here and overseas.”

Three relievers finished. Seranthony Domínguez came on with a three-run lead in the eighth and retired Romy Gonzalez on a bases-loaded popup. He allowed a one-out homer to Rob Refsnyder in the ninth but held on for his third save since being traded to the Orioles before the deadline.

The Orioles pulled within a half-game of the AL East-leading New York Yankees, who faced Detroit later Sunday. Boston dropped to 3 1/2 games behind Kansas City for the final American League wild card spot.

“Every game is a big one for us,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We have a good team. We're in the hunt.”

Kutter Crawford (8-10) permitted three runs and two hits in 5 1/3 innings, a step in the right direction after he surrendered 26 runs in 24 innings over his previous five starts. Rutschman's solo homer opened the scoring. Then Baltimore put men on first and second with nobody out in the sixth.

Ryan O'Hearn hit a grounder to first, but when the Red Sox tried to turn a double play, shortstop Ceddanne Rafaela threw wildly to first for an error and a run came home.

Then Henderson greeted Bailey Horn with a two-run homer, his 33rd of the season.

Rafaela hit an RBI single in the eighth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: OF Colton Cowser was hit around the right wrist by a pitch in the sixth but remained in the game. It was a concerning moment for Baltimore, which recently lost All-Star 3B Jordan Westburg to a broken hand.

Red Sox: Start a three-game series at Houston on Monday night. Tanner Houck (8-8) takes the mound for Boston.

Orioles: Play three games in New York against the Mets. Trevor Rogers (0-2) starts for Baltimore against David Peterson (7-1) on Monday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 56.8%

Red Sox: 43.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Devers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Casas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Refsnyder homered to left (360 feet).
	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Slater in right field.
	8th Inning	Henderson grounded out to second.

Statistics

BOS		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
13	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	9
40	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.1	Runs Created	2.2
.289	Batting Average	.111
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.395	Slugging Percentage	.333
.184	Secondary Average	.333
.325	On Base Percentage	.200
.720	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.533
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
25.0	Batter Rating	25.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	13.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.105	Isolated Power	.222
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
-.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.222
4.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
80.3	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0