Boston Beats Slumping Orioles 6-2 To Seal Sweep

BOSTON (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez was crisp against Baltimore again, J.D. Martinez deed a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game expanse with a 6-2 triumph Sunday, sending the Orioles to their 11th consecutive loss.

Boston has won 4 of 5 games aft losing 10 of 12 and falling retired of archetypal spot successful the AL East.

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The Orioles person been outscored 104-34 during their second-longest skid this season. They had a 14-game losing streak successful May.

Baltimore’s Cedric Mullins went 0 for 5, halting his 20-game hitting streak. It was the longest by an Oriole since Adam Jones had a 20-game streak successful 2012.

Rodriguez (9-6) allowed a first-inning unearned tally and 3 singles, striking retired six and walking 3 successful six innings. In his past 12 appearances against Baltimore, he’s 9-0 with a 1.81 ERA. The 28-year-old lefty was primitively signed by the Orioles successful 2010 earlier being dealt to Boston 4 years later.

Red Sox right-hander Adam Ottavino had to permission with a near enarthrosis contusion aft getting deed by Jorge Mateo’s hard liner for an RBI azygous successful the seventh.

Martinez homered disconnected a billboard supra the Green Monster successful the archetypal against Keegan Akin (0-7) aft his propulsion successful the apical of the inning bounced distant from the cutoff antheral for an error, allowing Austin Hays to score.

Kyle Schwarber was backmost successful the lineup for Boston aft having Saturday off. He went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, his archetypal hits with the Red Sox. The 28-year-old slugger, sidelined since July 2 with a strained close hamstring, made his debut connected Friday aft being acquired from Washington astatine the commercialized deadline.

Kiké Hernández had an RBI azygous disconnected the close ft of third-base umpire Will Little, who tried to leap implicit the grounder down the enactment during a three-run sixth.

DAY AFTER

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said LHP Chris Sale, who made his archetypal large league quality successful conscionable implicit 2 years Saturday, felt good and is successful enactment to marque his adjacent scheduled commencement Friday astatine Fenway Park against Texas.

The 32-year-old Sale had Tommy John country connected his 31st day — March 30, 2020. He gave up 2 runs — connected solo homers — with 8 strikeouts and nary walks implicit 5 innings during an 89-pitch outing.

ROSTER MOVES

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Boston claimed INF Travis Shaw disconnected waivers from Milwaukee. He played with the Red Sox successful 2015 and 2016.

Shaw hadn’t played with the Brewers since June 9 owed to a dislocated shoulder. He deed .191 with six homers and 28 RBIs successful 56 games, playing 1B and 3B.

The Orioles selected the contracts of LHP Fernando Abad and RHP Konner Wade from Triple-A Norfolk. To marque room, they optioned RHP Dusten Knight to Norfolk and designated RHP Adam Plutko for assignment.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde said LHP Bruce Zimmermann (biceps) has a accidental to transportation earlier the play ends, but helium had a setback precocious erstwhile helium sprained his ankle doing exercises.

Red Sox: Placed LHP Josh Taylor connected the COVID-19 injured database and recalled C Connor Wong from Triple-A Worcester. … Cora said seat manager Will Venable, who tested affirmative for COVID-19 past play successful Toronto, and first-base manager Tom Goodwin, deemed a adjacent contact, could beryllium allowed to permission Canada soon and articulation the squad successful New York for Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Yankees.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Matt Harvey (6-11, 6.10 ERA) is scheduled to commencement Monday erstwhile they unfastened a four-game bid connected the roadworthy against the AL East-leading Rays.

Red Sox: Off Monday earlier a day/night doubleheader astatine Yankee Stadium connected Tuesday.

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