Red Sox hit season-high 5 HRs to blast Orioles
Bobby Dalbec hit a tworun homer, one of Boston’s season-high five longballs, and the host Red Sox coasted to a 12-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Rafael Devers, Kike Hernandez, Franchy Cordero and Christian Arroyo each hit a solo drive for the Red Sox, who posted their ninth win in 12 games.
All five Boston home runs came in four innings against Bruce Zimmermann (2-3). He allowed a previous career-high four homers in his last start Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
Chants of “Let’s go, Celtics!” echoed around Fenway Park a handful of times and got louder when Boston scored five times in the eighth. The Celtics played at the Miami Heat hours later in Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
Xander Bogaerts had three hits, including a tworun double. Cordero added a two-run double and Arroyo homered on the first pitch after he had to get a new bat.
Nick Pivetta (4-4) gave up one run on five hits in six innings, improving to 4-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his past five starts.
Zimmermann allowed six runs and eight hits.
Trey Mancini had three hits for the Orioles, who have lost four of six.
Dalbec got the homer barrage started in the second with his drive into the last row of Green Monster seats. One batter later, Cordero hit his into the center-field bleachers, making it 3-0.
Devers’ drive cleared Boston’s bullpen in the third before Arroyo and Hernandez hit theirs over the Monster the following inning.
Arroyo’s shot completely left Fenway to make it 5-0. His old bat splintered, slicing from the top down toward the middle, with the piece flying halfway to the mound when he fouled a pitch, forcing him to get another bat.
Hernandez’s homer caromed off a billboard above the left-field wall.
Rays 4, Yankees 2:
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Taylor Walls and Ji-man Choi homered for Tampa Bay’s only hits, and the team scored two runs in the seventh inning on four walks and a hit batter as the host Rays beat New York.
Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 18th home run, a drive off Colin Poche in the eighth.
Twins 7, Royals 3:
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Sonny Gray cruised before leaving in the seventh inning because of right pectoral soreness, and host Minnesota beat Kansas
City behind Gio Urshela’s three-run homer.
Athletics 6, Rangers 5:
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Jed Lowrie hit a two-out RBI single off Brett Martin in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting host Oakland past mistake-prone Texas.
Blue Jays 11, Angels
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10: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning for his season-high fifth RBI, and Toronto overcame two homers by Shohei Ohtani to complete a four-game sweep at Los Angeles.
Astros 2, Mariners 1:
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Ryan Pressly got Luis Torrens to ground into a gameending double play with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, preserving Houston’s win over host Seattle.
INTERLEAGUE
White Sox 5, Cubs 4:
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(12): Jake Burger atoned for a costly error with a gameending RBI single in the 12th inning, and the banged-up White Sox topped the visiting Cubs in a wild finale to the season series between the crosstown rivals.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Giants 6, Reds 4: Evan ●
Longoria hit his fourth home run in four games, a go-ahead, three-run drive in a six-run eighth inning, to lift San Francisco at
Cincinnati and avoid a three-game sweep.
Nationals 6, Rockies 5:
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Juan Soto snapped a 15game home run drought with a two-run shot, Tanner Rainey got the final five outs and host Washington held off Colorado.
Brewers 8, Cardinals
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0: Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a threerun homer to lead Milwaukee over host St. Louis.
St. Louis’ Paul Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the ninth inning. He has reached base safely in a career-best 34 consecutive games.
Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks
● 1: Tyler Anderson threw six effective innings, Will Smith added a solo homer and Los Angeles swept a four-game series at Arizona.
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Padres 4, Pirates 2 (10):
Trent Grisham hit a two-run walkoff home run in the 10th inning and host San Diego, which has struggled offensively, beat Pittsburgh to take two of three.