Boston got a run back late but couldn’t tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Boston got a run back late but couldn’t tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
BOSTON Ryan O’Hearn hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the eighth and reliever Seranthony Domínguez got Rafael Devers to pop out to end the bottom of the inning, helping the Baltimore Orioles to beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday night and avoid a sweep of the split doubleheader.
Dylan Carlson added an RBI double for the Orioles, who have won two of their last 12.
Abraham Toro hit a solo homer for Boston — his second of the day — on a play that sent Baltimore centerfielder Jorge Mateo tumbling over the bullpen wall trying to make the catch in the ninth.
