BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles hit four home runs off Eduardo Rodriguez, and that turned out to be just enough offense to beat the Boston Red Sox.
Such is life in the hard-hitting AL East.
"There's not a recipe every night, but you're going to have to score runs in our division," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after Baltimore's 7-5 victory on Thursday night.
The Orioles used the long ball to build a 7-1 lead in the sixth inning -- then held on.
"When everyone is kind of in a good place, that's the kind of offense you're going to see," said Mark Trumbo, who started the outburst with a two-run drive in the first inning.
Chris Davis and Adam Jones went deep for a second straight night and Jonathan Schoop capped the surge with a three-run drive in the sixth.
After taking two of three from the AL East-leading New York Yankees, the Orioles opened a four-game series against another division rival with a feel-good victory.
"We've got to win these games to play in the postseason," Baltimore starter Wade Miley said. "These games are very important."
Miley (2-3) gave up five hits and a walk against the team he pitched for in 2015. Seeking his first win since April 14, the lefty did not allow a runner past first base after the second inning.
Rodriguez (4-2) surrendered seven runs in 5 2/3 innings, and the four homers tied a career high. The former Orioles farmhand came in with a four-game winning streak and a career 1.34 ERA in six starts at Camden Yards.
The left-hander tumbled off the mound in the bullpen during warmups before the game but did not use that as an excuse.
"I just missed my pitches," Rodriguez said. "With those guys, when you miss, that will happen. They make contact and hit homers."
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and Christian Vazquez had two RBI for the Red Sox, who lost for only the third time in 11 games.
Manager John Farrell gave credit to Miley for keeping Boston off balance.
"When he gets into that rhythm, he picks up the pace, works quick and doesn't let anyone really settle in," Farrell said.
When the Orioles visited Boston during the first week of May, a series of brushback pitches and harsh words in both clubhouses led the commissioner's office to intervene with instructions to end a feud that began in April with a spikes-high slide by Baltimore's Manny Machado into Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Before this game, Showalter expected no residual ill will in a series between two teams within baseball's most competitive division.
"Your hands are full trying to stay with these guys as opposed to bringing in some unneeded drama," he said.
There was no drama after Jones led off the sixth with a home run and Schoop chased Rodriguez in the same inning.
Earlier, Davis made it 3-1 in the fourth with his team-high 12th home run , the first long ball allowed by Rodriguez to a left-handed batter since Brett Gardner of the Yankees last July.
TAKE A SEAT
Red Sox: Mired in an 0-for-12 skid, rookie OF Andrew Benintendi did not start. "There's going to be some ebbs and flows to the season. He's in one of those now," Farrell said. Benintendi flied out as a pinch hitter.
Orioles: LF Hyun Soo Kim played in only 11 games last month and spent the first day of June on the Baltimore bench.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP Robbie Ross Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and placed on the 10-day DL with left elbow inflammation. Ross was optioned to Pawtucket on May 18 and did not pitch because of discomfort in his elbow. ... Pedroia (left wrist sprain) appears to be on the mend. "The range of motion is starting to get there," Farrell said.
Orioles: INF Ryan Flaherty, who went on the DL on May 19 with a right shoulder strain, should begin throwing next week.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: Rick Porcello (3-6, 4.21 ERA) will start Friday night, looking to regain his 2016 Cy Young Award form after giving up 11 hits in each of his last two outings.
Orioles: Hit hard by Houston on Sunday in his first start with Baltimore, Alec Asher (1-3, 3.77 ERA) gets a second chance to prove he's worthy of replacing struggling Ubaldo Jimenez in the rotation.
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Boston Red Sox
Such is life in the hard-hitting AL East.
"There's not a recipe every night, but you're going to have to score runs in our division," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after Baltimore's 7-5 victory on Thursday night.
The Orioles used the long ball to build a 7-1 lead in the sixth inning -- then held on.
"When everyone is kind of in a good place, that's the kind of offense you're going to see," said Mark Trumbo, who started the outburst with a two-run drive in the first inning.
Chris Davis and Adam Jones went deep for a second straight night and Jonathan Schoop capped the surge with a three-run drive in the sixth.
After taking two of three from the AL East-leading New York Yankees, the Orioles opened a four-game series against another division rival with a feel-good victory.
"We've got to win these games to play in the postseason," Baltimore starter Wade Miley said. "These games are very important."
Miley (2-3) gave up five hits and a walk against the team he pitched for in 2015. Seeking his first win since April 14, the lefty did not allow a runner past first base after the second inning.
Rodriguez (4-2) surrendered seven runs in 5 2/3 innings, and the four homers tied a career high. The former Orioles farmhand came in with a four-game winning streak and a career 1.34 ERA in six starts at Camden Yards.
The left-hander tumbled off the mound in the bullpen during warmups before the game but did not use that as an excuse.
"I just missed my pitches," Rodriguez said. "With those guys, when you miss, that will happen. They make contact and hit homers."
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and Christian Vazquez had two RBI for the Red Sox, who lost for only the third time in 11 games.
Manager John Farrell gave credit to Miley for keeping Boston off balance.
"When he gets into that rhythm, he picks up the pace, works quick and doesn't let anyone really settle in," Farrell said.
When the Orioles visited Boston during the first week of May, a series of brushback pitches and harsh words in both clubhouses led the commissioner's office to intervene with instructions to end a feud that began in April with a spikes-high slide by Baltimore's Manny Machado into Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Before this game, Showalter expected no residual ill will in a series between two teams within baseball's most competitive division.
"Your hands are full trying to stay with these guys as opposed to bringing in some unneeded drama," he said.
There was no drama after Jones led off the sixth with a home run and Schoop chased Rodriguez in the same inning.
Earlier, Davis made it 3-1 in the fourth with his team-high 12th home run , the first long ball allowed by Rodriguez to a left-handed batter since Brett Gardner of the Yankees last July.
TAKE A SEAT
Red Sox: Mired in an 0-for-12 skid, rookie OF Andrew Benintendi did not start. "There's going to be some ebbs and flows to the season. He's in one of those now," Farrell said. Benintendi flied out as a pinch hitter.
Orioles: LF Hyun Soo Kim played in only 11 games last month and spent the first day of June on the Baltimore bench.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP Robbie Ross Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and placed on the 10-day DL with left elbow inflammation. Ross was optioned to Pawtucket on May 18 and did not pitch because of discomfort in his elbow. ... Pedroia (left wrist sprain) appears to be on the mend. "The range of motion is starting to get there," Farrell said.
Orioles: INF Ryan Flaherty, who went on the DL on May 19 with a right shoulder strain, should begin throwing next week.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: Rick Porcello (3-6, 4.21 ERA) will start Friday night, looking to regain his 2016 Cy Young Award form after giving up 11 hits in each of his last two outings.
Orioles: Hit hard by Houston on Sunday in his first start with Baltimore, Alec Asher (1-3, 3.77 ERA) gets a second chance to prove he's worthy of replacing struggling Ubaldo Jimenez in the rotation.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Betts flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Young lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Rickard flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Jones grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Machado singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo homered to left (398 feet), Machado scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Ramírez popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Travis reached on infield single to first, Travis to second on throwing error by first baseman Davis. | 0 | 2 |
| Rutledge grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Vázquez singled to shallow center, Travis scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Bradley Jr. singled to center, Vázquez to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Marrero grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Mancini doubled to deep right. | 1 | 2 |
| Schoop popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Hardy popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Betts popped out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| Young singled to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Young out at second on runner's fielder's choice. | 1 | 2 |
| Bogaerts flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Rickard grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Jones flied out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Machado grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Ramírez struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| Travis singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Rutledge struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Vázquez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Travis out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Trumbo grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Davis homered to center (415 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| Mancini grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Schoop struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Bradley Jr. grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Marrero grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Betts grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Hardy grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Rickard struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Young grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Bogaerts grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Ramírez grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Rodriguez pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Jones homered to left (351 feet). | 1 | 4 |
| Machado reached on infield single to pitcher. | 1 | 4 |
| Trumbo singled to left center, Machado to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Mancini grounded into fielder's choice to third, Trumbo out at second, Machado to third. | 1 | 4 |
| Schoop homered to left (400 feet), Machado and Mancini scored. | 1 | 7 |
| Boyer relieved Rodríguez. | 1 | 7 |
| Hardy flied out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Wade Miley pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Travis walked. | 1 | 7 |
| Rutledge grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Travis out at second. | 1 | 7 |
| Vázquez lined out to center. | 1 | 7 |
| Bradley Jr. struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Boyer pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Joseph grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| Rickard grounded out to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Jones grounded out to second. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Wright relieved Miley. | 1 | 7 |
| Sandoval hit for Marrero. | 1 | 7 |
| Sandoval grounded out to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Betts struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Benintendi hit for Young. | 1 | 7 |
| Benintendi flied out to center. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Abad pitching for Boston | BOS | BAL |
| Benintendi in left field. | 1 | 7 |
| Sandoval at third base. | 1 | 7 |
| Abad relieved Boyer. | 1 | 7 |
| Machado flied out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| Trumbo singled to shallow center. | 1 | 7 |
| Davis flied out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| Mancini singled to deep right, Trumbo to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | BOS | BAL |
| Smith in right field. | 1 | 7 |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Ramírez singled to left. | 1 | 7 |
| Travis struck out looking. | 1 | 7 |
| Rutledge singled to center, Ramírez to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Vázquez singled to right, Ramírez scored, Rutledge to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Hart relieved Wright. | 2 | 7 |
| Bradley Jr. homered to center (413 feet), Rutledge and Vázquez scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Sandoval grounded out to third. | 5 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Boston Red Sox
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betts RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .266 | .346 | .478 |
| Young LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .264 | .347 | .387 |
a-Benintendi PH-LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .339 | .386 |
| Bogaerts SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .330 | .386 | .461 |
| Ramírez DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .256 | .359 | .404 |
| Travis 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .500 | .563 | .643 |
| Rutledge 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .258 | .324 | .274 |
| Vázquez C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .348 | .378 | .467 |
| Bradley Jr. CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .226 | .322 | .444 |
| Marrero 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .176 | .222 | .338 |
b-Sandoval PH-3B
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .239 | .288 | .388 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 143 | |||
| a-flied out to center for C Young in the 8th b-grounded to third for D Marrero in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Bradley Jr. (7, 9th inning off Hart 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: Vázquez 2 (11), Bradley Jr. 3 (21) 2-out RBI: Vázquez 2, Bradley Jr. 3 Red Sox RISP: 3-5 (Vázquez 2-2, Rutledge 0-1, Marrero 0-1, Bradley Jr. 1-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD |
| Attendance | 20,150 (43.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:38 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - Laz Diaz, Second Base - Doug Eddings, Third Base - Cory Blaser |
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