Baltimore OriolesvsBoston Red Sox
BAL 8/BOS 2
Things to say
Baltimore beat Boston 8-2 at Fenway on Thursday.
01
opener
Orioles went into Fenway and put up an eight-spot. Sox bats were just dead all afternoon. Felt over by the fifth.
02
key player
Baltimore's lineup top to bottom did damage — when the heart of the order is squaring up like that, you're not coming back from six.
03
hot take
Boston at 26-35 is not a slow start anymore, that's just who they are. Time to be sellers.
04
deep cut
Getaway day at Fenway, day game after a night game — those Sox bats always look a step slow in that spot.
05
exit
Anyway, see what they do next series — Sox need a starter to actually go seven for once.
The recap
Orioles rolled into Fenway and absolutely bullied Boston, 8-2, on a getaway day matinee. Baltimore's bats got into the Red Sox starter early and never let up, while the Boston offense couldn't string anything together against an Orioles staff that kept the heart of the order quiet all afternoon.
Two runs at home in a day game tells you everything — the Sox just got out-pitched and out-hit from the jump. Birds fly back to Baltimore a game closer to .500 and feeling pretty good about themselves.