FINAL: Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 (10) - Tyler O'Neill Gives Sox the Win with Three Run Walk Off Blast

The Red Sox (74-72) win the series against the Baltimore Orioles (83-64) with a final score of 5-3 in tonight's contest.

The scoring started for Boston in the third inning, after Wilyer Abreu reached on a throwing error from Emmanuel Rivera with runners on the corners, allowing Jarren Duran to score. The Sox would score their second run in the fourth inning on a two out RBI single from Ceddanne Rafaela, which scored Masataka Yoshida. Boston wouldn't score again until the tenth, where they were down 3-2. Tyler O'Neill would send the fans home happy with a three run walk off blast over the monster and onto Lansdowne Street. His 30th homer of the season traveled 393 feet with a launch angle of 39 degrees, sending it deep in to the night sky.

Nick Pivetta had an amazing start tonight, pitching six innings and giving up only four hits and one run, that being a Emmanuel Rivera solo home run in the third. He struck out nine Orioles and only walked one. Chris Martin would replace him in the seventh, where he would allow one hit. Justin Slaten would be credited with a blown save in the eighth, allowing the tying run to score by way of an Anthony Santander solo homer to right field. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth, giving up a hit. Greg Weissert would pitch the tenth and allow the ghost runner to score, but he would ultimately get the win.

Tomorrow, the Sox will begin their final series against the Yankees this year with a four game slate in the Bronx. Probable starters for game one are Cooper Criswell (6-4, 4.11 ERA) and Nestor Cortes (9-10, 3.97 ERA)
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WHO: Baltimore Orioles (83-63) at Red Sox (73-72)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: 4-8
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Dean Kremer (7-9, 4.27 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (5-10, 4.38 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran CF
Rafael Devers 3B
Wilyer Abreu RF
Tyler O'Neill LF
Masataka Yoshida DH
Connor Wong C
Triston Casas 1B
Trevor Story SS
Ceddanne Rafaela 2B

SP Nick Pivetta

OPPONENT

Gunnar Henderson SS
Cedric Mullins CF
Anthony Santander DH
Ryan O'Hearn 1B
Adley Rutschman C
Colton Cowser LF
Austin Slater RF
Jackson Holliday 2B
Emmanuel Rivera 3B

SP Dean Kremer

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox are 3-2 in their last 5 games following a season-long 5-game losing streak. The Sox are 8-12 in their last 20 games, 15-20 in their last 35, and 20-29 in 49 games since the All-Star break.

The Red Sox are in a stretch of 7 straight games against teams with a winning record (3 vs. BAL, 4 at NYY)...After that, 9 of their final 12 games are against teams who are currently below .500 (TB, TOR). Boston is 40-20 (.667) against teams who are currently below .500, tied with KC (36-18, .667) for the 2nd-best record in the Majors (1st: MIN, 40-17, .702). BOS is 33-52 (.388) against teams with a record of .500 or better.

The Red Sox are 13-6 in rubber games this season, including 8-2 at home. The Sox have won each of their last 3 rubber games at home (7/11 vs. OAK, 7/14 vs. KC, 7/31 vs. SEA). BOS is 9-4 in its last 13 rubber games, dating back to 6/13.

Boston leads MLB in doubles (284) and XBH (494), and ranks top 5 in triples (5th, 29), AVG (5th, .256), SLG (5th, .433), and OPS (5th, .755). The Red Sox have been held to 3 runs or fewer in 8 of their last 10 games and 13 of their last 18. The Sox are hitting .226 with a .675 OPS in their last 21 games (beginning 8/19), after batting .285 with an .836 OPS in their first 28 games after the All-Star break.

Roman Anthony is now ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in baseball. The Red Sox have an MLB-best 2 players in the top 10 and an MLB-best 4 in the top 25. Boston's 6 top-100 prospects are tied with CHC and CLE for 3rd most in MLB behind SEA (8) and DET (7).