Cowser’s first two HRs cap O’s sweep
Colton Cowser hit the first two homers of his career, including a threerun shot in the 10th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Boston Red Sox 9-4 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep of their AL East rivals at Fenway Park.
Gunnar Henderson opened the Orioles’ six-run 10th with a two-run homer against Isaiah Campbell (0-1), scoring automatic runner Jackson Holliday.
“We do have confidence in our offense,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “We can do a lot of different things, and so far this year we’ve taken great at-bats the last third of the game.”
Holliday, 20, baseball’s top-rated prospect, who made his big league debut a night earlier, scored two runs, but went 0 for 4 for the second straight game.
Cowser, another Orioles prospect who struggled during a brief stint in the majors last season, drove in 10 runs in the series.
A night after the Orioles rallied from a 5-0 deficit to win 7-5, they fell behind 2-0 before coming back, thanks in part to some shaky defense by the Red Sox.
Boston led 2-1 when Holliday reached on an error by third baseman Pablo Reyes leading off the eighth. With one out, Adley Rutschman hit what appeared to be an inning-ending double-play grounder, but the Orioles challenged the call, and after a review, Holliday was ruled safe at second because shortstop David Hamilton missed the bag while making the turn.
Reliever Greg Weissert came in after the double play was overturned, and Anthony Santander hooked his first pitch around the foul pole in right for a two-run homer that made it 3-2.
Craig Kimbrel (2-0) worked a scoreless ninth.
Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez worked 5 ⅔ innings, allowing both of his runs in the first.
Lowe goes on DL: The Tampa Bay Rays put oft-injured second baseman Brandon Lowe on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain and recalled infielder Niko Goodrum from Triple-A Durham on Friday.
Lowe, a former Nansemond River High star, was hurt on Tuesday swinging a bat in preparation to enter as a pinch hitter.
Injuries limited Lowe to 68 games in 2022 and 109 last year.