Schwarber Powers Red Sox, Hands Orioles Ninth Straight Defeat

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BOSTON (AP) — Kyle Schwarber scored doubly successful his debut for Boston and his caller teammates delivered 3 location runs to assistance the Red Sox implicit the slumping Baltimore Orioles 8-1 Friday night.

Xander Bogaerts, Bobby Dalbec and Hunter Renfroe each homered for the Red Sox, who are trying to drawback retired of a funk that knocked them 5 games backmost successful the AL East.

Nick Pivetta (9-5) struck retired 8 successful six innings, and the Red Sox discourtesy rebounded aft the nine mislaid 2 of 3 against part person Tampa Bay. Garrett Richards pitched the last 3 innings and was credited with his archetypal prevention since 2013.

Richie Martin homered for Baltimore, which mislaid its ninth straight.

The Red Sox picked up Schwarber successful a commercialized with Washington the nighttime earlier the deadline but had to hold 2 weeks earlier a close hamstring strain was healed capable for him to play for the archetypal clip since July 2. He was batting .253 with 25 location runs for the Nationals.

Schwarber was scheduled to statesman a rehab duty with Triple-A Worcester connected Thursday night, but the crippled was rained out. The Red Sox activated him anyhow for Friday, hoping his bat could assistance assistance the nine from a 3-11 slide.

Boston manager Alex Cora has been saying since the Red Sox made the commercialized that they liked Schwarber’s patience astatine the sheet and quality to gully walks arsenic overmuch arsenic his power.

Fans livened up erstwhile Schwarber stepped to the sheet for his archetypal at-bat successful the 2nd inning aft Renfroe led disconnected with a single. Spenser Watkins walked him connected six pitches and Schwarber scored connected Dalbec’s two-run treble during a four-run rally. Schwarber walked again successful the third, scoring connected Jarren Duran’s treble to close and giving Boston a 5-1 lead.

Schwarber besides flew retired to close successful the 5th and struck retired successful the seventh. He was 0 for 2 arsenic the DH successful the six-spot, but his beingness might’ve helped spark the bottommost of the lineup. Kevin Plawecki, Duran and Dalbec each had astatine slightest 2 hits and Dalbec drove successful three, adding a sixth-inning homer.

Renfroe jumped connected an 0-1 changeup successful the seventh and drove the shot implicit the Green Monster for his 20th homer.

Bogaerts deed his 18th homer successful the fourth, bouncing a towering alert disconnected the apical of the Monster conscionable supra the yellowish line. Umpires reviewed the play and rapidly upheld the call, giving Boston a 6-1 lead.

Pivetta held Baltimore to 1 tally connected 3 hits implicit six innings. The lone tally came connected Martin’s leadoff homer successful the third, which helium hooked conscionable wrong Pesky’s Pole.

Watkins (2-4) pitched 4 innings, allowing six runs — each earned — connected 7 hits with 3 walks and 1 strikeout. The bulk of the harm came successful the second, erstwhile Boston struck for 4 runs connected 4 hits and a locomotion portion sending 8 batters to the plate.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Rookie IF Ramón Urias was retired of the lineup for a 2nd consecutive day. Urias, who near Wednesday night’s nonaccomplishment to Detroit with soreness successful his close leg, which manager Brandon Hyde said the Orioles wanted to springiness different time of rest. “He’s conscionable day-to-day close now. Just sore,” Hyde said.

Red Sox: OF Alex Verdugo returned from paternity permission aft missing 4 games and started successful left. … Schwarber volition apt stay astatine DH for the archetypal week but could commencement playing defence again adjacent weekend. … Designated INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez for duty and sent RHP Eduard Bazardo to Florida Complex League (FCL) connected a rehab assignment.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Jorge López (3-12, 5.75) is making his 3rd vocation commencement against the Red Sox. He was 0-1 successful the archetypal 2 against Boston with an ERA of 8.62 successful 15 2-3 innings.

Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale is scheduled to marque his long-awaited instrumentality from Tommy John country with his archetypal commencement successful conscionable implicit 2 years. Sale, a seven-time All-Star, past pitched Aug. 13, 2019 and had country connected his near elbow the pursuing spring. In 5 combined rehab outings this twelvemonth betwixt the Red Sox rookie-level affiliate, Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester, Sale pitched 20 innings, striking retired 35 and allowing 3 runs.

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