After coughing up a 5-0 lead after two and a half innings, the Red Sox erupted for 11 more runs for an easy 17-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
The Sox hit five homers -- including two three-run homers from Jackie Bradley Jr. -- as part of their 17-hit attack. Rafael Devers, Mookie Betts and Sandy Leon also went deep. The 17 runs represented a season high for the Sox. They scored in five of the nine innings.
Rick Porcello, who coughed up the five-run lead when he allowed five in the bottom of the third, got the victory, his third in a row, after going five innings.
WHO: Red Sox (53-45) vs. Baltimore Orioles (30-66)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m.
WHERE: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: Boston 7-4
SERIES TO DATE: Baltimore 1-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Rick Porcello (7-7, 5.37) vs. RHP Tom Eshelman (0-1, 5.06)
TV/RADIO: NESN/ WEEI 93.7 FM
IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:
10:05 That's Darwinzon Hernandez in a nutshell. A walk (with a 10-run read) and three strikeouts).
9:22 Porcello got the first two outs in the fifth on eight pitches, but then allowed three straight hits and needed a total of 27 pitches to get through the inning. Given the heat, it would seem that 99 pitches will be enough.
8:40 Second three-run homer of the night for Bradley, for the fourth multi-homer game of his career. He has six RBI and it's the fourth inning.
8:33 Doesn't take long for the Sox to welcome Jimmy Yacabonis into the game -- Martinez spanks his second pitch down the line in left for a two-run double, and very quickly, a big lead has returned.
8:20 Betts loves to hit at OPaCY and there's another reason why -- two-run homer into the first row of seats in LF. That extends his hitting streak to 12 games and gives him runs scored in 14 of the last 15 games.
8:12 Wall single by Chris Davis scores Anthony Santander and a 5-0 lead has been wiped out. fourth straight start in which Porcello has allowed at least five runs.
8:07 Renato Nunez hit a towering fly ball to left that juuuuust reaches the top of the wall. A three-run homer and the Orioles are very much back in this.
8:03 Trey Mancini turns on a two-seamer down and in and ropes it into left, scoring a run. Rick Porcello in trouble with a run in and two in scoring position with no out.
7:43 Basically a BP fastball, right over the plate for Rafael Devers, who turns on an 86 mph gift and belts it over everything in right field. That's 20 for Devers this season.
7:27 Jackie Bradley Jr. has used left field well at Camden Yards - especially thee, as he takes a slider and swats into the home bullpen for a three-run homer.
7:18 Fine play by Rafael Devers on a ball hit down the line by Chance Sisco. And nice scoop at first by Michael Chavis, as the throw bounced its way across the diamond.
LINEUPS:
RED SOX
Betts RF
Devers 3B
Bogaerts SS
Martinez DH
Benintendi LF
Vazquez C
Bradley CF
Chavis 1B
Holt 2B
ORIOLES
Villar 2B
Mancini RF
Sisco C
Nunez DH
Smith Jr. LF
Santander CF
Davis 1B
Ruiz 3B
Martin SS
WHAT'S UP: The Red Sox' loss Friday to the Orioles left them just 4-4 in their first eight games after the All-Star break....The Sox are unbeaten in their last 10 series (8-0-2) against the Orioles, dating back to September 2017, going 26-7 against the O's in that span...Going back to May of 2016, the Sox have lost only one of their last 11 series at OPaCY, going 7-1-1. They're 18-3 in their last 21 games in Baltimore in that stretch....Overall, the Red Sox are 14-3 in their last 17 road games...The Sox have homered in nine straight game and 18 of their last 19....After hitting one triple in their first 42 games, the Sox have hit an American League-best 14 since May 15....Mookie Betts has hit safely in his last 11 games, during which he's batting .444 (20-for-45) with an OPS of 1.157. In that span, he walked (six) as many times as he's struck out...Betts saw his streak of consecutive games in which he scored at least one run come to a halt Friday night at 13, preventing him from established a club record. He's tied with Ted Williams who scored in 13 straight games during the 1946 season....Betts has still scored at least one run in 24 of his last 27 games...In his last 52 regular season games, dating back to last Sept. 11, Brock Holt is batting .367 with a .956 OPS. In that stretch, he's started games at all four infield positions, plus left field and right field...In 13 July games, Rafael Devers has seven homers and 23 RBI...Matt Barnes is second among major league relivers in strikeouts per nine innings with a 16.38 rate, just behind Milwaukee's Josh Hader...Andrew Benintendi is second in MLB with two-out RBI with 29, behind only New York's D.J. LeMahieu (35). His .349 average with two outs is third-best in the American League and fourth-best in MLB....Xander Bogaerts saw his 10-game hitting streak come to an end Friday, but still has 16 RBI in his last 11 games...Jackie Bradley Jr's two hits Friday night gave him six multiple hit games in his last 16 games...J.D. Martinez is slugging .732 against lefties this season, the second-best figure in the American League...Christian Vazquez, who started at DH and first base the last two games, is 0-for-7....Rick Porcello got 17 runs of support in his last two starts -- both wins -- after the Sox had scored a total of seven runs in his six previous outings....The Sox are 10-5 in his last 15 starts....Boston is 9-3 this season when he goes at least six innings....Chris Davis is 11-for-52 (.212) lifetime against Porcello with four homers and 16 strikeouts....Trey Mancini is 4-for-9 (.444) lifetime against Porcello...The Red Sox do not have any career at-bats against Tom Eshelman.
PRE-GAME NOTES:
- The Red Sox officially released INF Eduardo Nunez Saturday, three days after designating him for assignment. Nunez cleared waivers and is now eligible to sign elsewhere for only the pro-rated minimum, with the Sox on the hook for the remainder of his 2019 salary.
- The team activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 60-day IL and optioned RHP Ryan Weber to Pawtucket.