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Anthony Santander and Adley Lutschman each had three hits and homers to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox, 15-10, on Friday night.
Jorge Mateo, Ryan Mountcastle and Ramon Urias also hit home runs for the Orioles.
Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched his four innings, allowing four runs off his nine. In his 89 pitches, he struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
Nick Vespi (5-0) took the win.
Boston starter Kutter Crawford (3-5) was tagged as he went 9 runs and 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings. He had no walks and he struck out two.
Alex Verdugo, Christian Arroyo and Rob Lev Snyder each had his three hits for Boston.
Enrique Hernandez hit a two-out, two-run double in his second inning, giving the Reds a 2–0 lead.
Mateo hit a three-run homer late in the inning that put the Orioles ahead 3–2.
Verdugo singled to lead off his third, and Arroyo's ground ball put him at 3-3. Refsnyder had two outs and he singled and scored another run, giving Boston he a 4-3 lead.
That lead could also be shortened as the Orioles put the leadoff runners on base in the half-thirds and Santander hit a two-run homer to give Baltimore a 5-4 lead.
The Orioles tackled another run on a double play in the inning to take a 6–4 lead.
The Orioles hit two more homers and scored four runs in the fourth round, all with two outs, in an attempt to blow the game away.
Lutschmann's two-run shot on his shot made him 8-4, and Mountcastle struck out his two-hitter to extend the lead to 10-4.
Keegan Aiken replaced Lyles to start his fifth, giving Eric Hosmer his RBI his single, then Tommy Pham hit his three-run double, 10-8. became.
Verdugo then drove on a single to his Pham to cut the lead to his 10-9.
Baltimore extended their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with Urias' solo home run, Santander's two-run double, Mountcastle's RBI single, and Hayes' RBI double to make it all run. . Until 15-9.
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