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06/02 20:40 CDT Pete Alonso homers and Shane Baz works 7 innings as Orioles
beat Red Sox 4-2
Pete Alonso homers and Shane Baz works 7 innings as Orioles beat Red Sox 4-2
By DOUG ALDEN
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer and Shane Baz pitched seven
solid innings as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday
night.
Coby Mayo also homered for Baltimore, which won its third straight and ended a
three-game road skid.
Baz (3-5) pitched seven innings for a second straight start, allowing four hits
and striking out six as he picked up consecutive wins for the first time this
season. After giving up a leadoff triple to Jarren Duran in the first, Baz held
Boston without another hit until the fifth and had a stretch of retiring 10
straight batters.
Rico Garcia struck out two in the ninth for his fourth save.
Alonso's third-inning homer was his 12th of the season. He belted a 2-2 pitch
from Connelly Early (5-3) well over the Green Monster in left field to put
Baltimore up 3-1 and give the slugging first baseman 38 RBIs.
Gunnar Henderson's double to left in the first inning extended his streak of
reaching base safely at Fenway Park to 23 games --- as many times as he has
appeared at the ballpark.
Mayo tied it at 1-all in the second with his seventh homer of the season, a
drive to the top of the Monster that was initially called a double before
getting overturned on a video review.
Wilyer Abreu and Marcelo Mayer drove in Boston's runs on sacrifice flies as the
Red Sox fell to 9-20 at home.
Early went 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits.
Up next
Baltimore RHP Chris Bassitt (4-3, 5.06 ERA) faces Boston LHP Payton Tolle (2-2,
2.61) as the series continues on Wednesday.
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