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07/20 20:53 CDT Red Sox extend win streak to 14, beating Orioles 6-5 to end
Baltimore's 7-game streak
Red Sox extend win streak to 14, beating Orioles 6-5 to end Baltimore's 7-game
streak
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Caleb Durbin hit a tiebreaking homer over the Green Monster
with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox extended the
second-longest winning streak in club history to 14 games, beating Baltimore
6-5 on Monday night to snap the Orioles' season-best win streak at seven.
The Red Sox would match a club record with a win Tuesday night. Boston won 15
straight in 1946 on a team led by future Hall of Famer Ted Williams.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand, recalled from Triple-A four days ago, homered and
hit a run-scoring single for the Orioles, who committed four errors and allowed
two unearned runs.
Durbin connected on a one-strike cutter from Tyler Wells (2-2), setting off a
celebration by teammates in front of Boston's dugout.
Garrett Whitlock (5-1) worked a perfect eighth, and Aroldis Chapman picked up
his 22nd save when Tyler O'Neill lined to short with runners on second and
third to end it.
In a back-and-forth game, Baltimore took the lead for the third time in the
seventh when O'Neill hit an RBI grounder that second baseman Anthony Seigler
bobbled, ending a chance at an inning-ending double play.
Boston rallied in the bottom half, tying it at 5-all on Ceddanne Rafaela's
two-out RBI single.
Encarnacion-Strand homered over the Monster in the fifth, and Jeremiah Jackson
and Encarnacion-Strand had RBI singles to make it 4-3 in the sixth.
Baltimore starter Shane Baz allowed four runs, two earned, with six strikeouts
in six innings. Boston's Payton Tolle gave up four runs and struck out nine in
5 2/3 innings.
Up next
RHP Kyle Bradish (6-8, 3.61 ERA) starts for the Orioles on Tuesday night, while
the Red Sox will either bring LHP Ranger Surez (4-3, 3.15) off the injured
list or go with a bullpen game.
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