Boston 13, Baltimore 7
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 18, 2019
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Jansen Visconti, 1B -
Will Little, 2B -
Brennan Miller, 3B -
Eric Cooper
Attendance:
36350
By Field Level Media
Rafael Devers lined a tie-breaking RBI double that sparked a six-run sixth inning as the Boston Red Sox scored a come-from-behind 13-7 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.
Boston has won five in a row. The Red Sox rallied from an early 6-0 deficit with help from Devers, who finished 4-for-5 with two doubles, a two-run homer and four RBI.
The Orioles have lost seven in a row and 12 of 13.
Ty Blach started for Baltimore and gave up five runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings but got a no-decision.
Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi was fortunate to come away with a no-decision. He lasted just two innings and gave up five runs on three hits.
Marcus Walden (8-2) earned the victory with an inning of scoreless relief.
The Orioles jumped in front right away. Renato Nunez crushed a long three-run homer to left that gave Baltimore a 3-0 lead in the first.
In the second, Trey Mancini lined a two-run single. Hanser Alberto's RBI double in the third put the Orioles on top, 6-0.
Boston then began to come back in the third when Devers and Xander Bogaerts got back-to-back RBI groundouts. The Red Sox then cut the lead to 6-3 on a Sam Travis solo homer in the fourth.
Everything changed, though, in the sixth. First came a Christian Vazquez RBI double off Gabriel Ynoa. Paul Fry (1-5) then came on and got Mitch Moreland to hit a pop fly that fell in between three Orioles in short left. That scored one run, and Jonathan Villar then made a throwing error that let the tying run come in on the play.
Devers then lined a double to left that snapped the tie and gave Boston a 7-6 lead. The Red Sox added RBI infield singles from Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez for a 9-6 edge.
In the seventh, Mookie Betts got a sacrifice fly off Shawn Armstrong before Devers hit a two-run homer which made it 12-6. Martinez later added an RBI single.
Nunez tacked on a fourth RBI for Baltimore thanks to a ninth-inning sacrifice fly.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore |
|
Boston |
Ty Blach |
Player |
Nathan Eovaldi
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.1 |
IP |
2.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
5 |
Hits |
3 |
8.44 |
ERA |
22.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Baltimore
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.265 |
15 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
Boston
|
16 |
2 |
28 |
.410 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
1 |