BOSTON — The Crimson Sox offense largely disappeared after a 12-run outburst within the sequence opener as they fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, at Fenway Park on Tuesday night time.
Boston dropped to 73-72 on the season whereas the Orioles improved to 83-63.
Try the full field rating right here.
ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
The Crimson Sox obtained what they wanted out of Kutter Crawford towards the Orioles. However Boston’s offense did not again up Crawford. Neither did the Crimson Sox bullpen.
Story continues under commercial
Crawford delivered a high quality begin, tossing 6 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits with two walks and 6 strikeouts. The best-hander gave up two house runs, an enormous difficulty for Crawford as he leads all of MLB with 31 homers surrendered.
However as Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora would say, Crawford gave the Crimson Sox sufficient. Boston simply did not capitalize on it.
The Crimson Sox offense was stymied by Orioles beginning pitcher Albert Suárez. He is not precisely a Cy Younger candidate however held down Boston’s bats anyhow by recording a career-high eight strikeouts in six innings.
Even with all that, the Crimson Sox had been in placing distance, trailing 3-1 within the late innings. Boston’s bullpen modified that although. Brennan Bernardino allowed two singles and a stroll within the seventh inning earlier than Cora turned to Luis Guerrero, who made his MLB debut Sunday, in a bases loaded state of affairs with two outs. Guerrero could not shut the door, main to 2 runs, which proved large with Boston scoring twice within the backside of the eighth.
Story continues under commercial
It ended up being the fourth straight loss for Crawford, however he actually deserved higher.
STARS OF THE GAME
— Cedric Mullins powered the Orioles offense and is popping right into a Crimson Sox killer. He had a gust of wind assist what regarded like a routine fly ball to proper flip right into a solo house run wrapped round Pesky Pole within the prime of the primary inning. Mullins’ two-run homer within the third inning was no fluke as he crushed it 407 ft to proper area. He completed 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a stolen base.
— Connor Wong was the one member of the Crimson Sox with two hits. He collected two doubles as a part of a 2-for-3 night time and scored Boston’s solely run on an RBI double by Triston Casas.
— Adley Rutschman offered crucial insurance coverage late within the contest. He laced a two-run single off Guerrero within the seventh to offer the Orioles the cushion they wanted.
Story continues under commercial
ON DECK AT NESN
The Crimson Sox will hand the ball to Nick Pivetta within the rubber match of their three-game set with the Orioles on Wednesday. First pitch from Fenway Park is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET, and you may watch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
