Baltimore OriolesvsBoston Red Sox
BAL 1/BOS 8
Things to say
Red Sox beat the Orioles 8-1 at Fenway on Wednesday night.
01
opener
Sox took care of business at Fenway, 8-1. Never really felt close after the middle innings. Baltimore just had nothing going.
02
key player
Whoever was on the bump for Boston got into his stuff early — held the Orioles to one run and the lineup did the rest.
03
hot take
Baltimore's at 29-33 and they're supposed to be the scary team in that division? Not buying it.
04
deep cut
One run in a getaway-day game at Fenway with that short porch in left — that's a bullpen problem, not a ballpark problem.
05
exit
Anyway, see if Boston can stack another one — they need it, they're still under .500.
The recap
Red Sox absolutely steamrolled the Orioles 8-1 at Fenway, and it wasn't even that close. Boston's bats got into Baltimore's stuff early and the heart of the order kept piling on, while the starter cruised through traffic and handed a comfortable lead to the bullpen.
Baltimore's lone run felt like garbage time by the fifth, and the Orioles never strung anything together against a Sox staff that pounded the zone all night. Getaway day in Boston, and the Red Sox sent the O's home stinging.