Recap - Long Balls Sink Red Sox
Jim Monaghan
Contributing Writer
Rick Porcello allowed three home runs and Junichi Tazawa allowed two more as the Red Sox fell to the Orioles 12-7 at Camden Yards to split the four-game series. The Orioles hit seven home runs in the game including three in the bottom of the eighth.
Porcello (pictured) and Ubaldo Jiminez were locked in a scoreless pitcher's duel until the bottom of the fourth when Mark Trumbo hit the first of his two home runs off Porcello to give Baltimore a 2-0 lead. Adam Jones doubled the lead with a two-run shot of his own.
The Red Sox climbed back into the game with five runs in the top of the sixth to take a brief 5-4 lead before Tazawa's meltdown.
Xander Bogaerts had a two-RBI single in the sixth to extend his consecutive game hitting streak to 26 games. David Ortiz hit his 16th home run of the year and now has a ten-game hitting streak of his own.
Somehow, the Orioles managed to keep Mookie Betts in the yard after he had hit five home runs in the prior two games.
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Contributing Writer
Rick Porcello allowed three home runs and Junichi Tazawa allowed two more as the Red Sox fell to the Orioles 12-7 at Camden Yards to split the four-game series. The Orioles hit seven home runs in the game including three in the bottom of the eighth.
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The Red Sox climbed back into the game with five runs in the top of the sixth to take a brief 5-4 lead before Tazawa's meltdown.
Xander Bogaerts had a two-RBI single in the sixth to extend his consecutive game hitting streak to 26 games. David Ortiz hit his 16th home run of the year and now has a ten-game hitting streak of his own.
Somehow, the Orioles managed to keep Mookie Betts in the yard after he had hit five home runs in the prior two games.
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