Burnes, O’s spoil Red Sox’s home opener with rout

Corbin Burnes allowed two hits in seven innings as the Baltimore Orioles spoiled the Boston Red Sox’s home opener by earning a 7-1 victory Tuesday.

Burnes (2-0) struck out six, walked two and lowered his ERA to 1.93. He did not give up a hit after the first inning.

Colton Cowser hit two doubles and drove in four runs. The loss ended Baltimore’s two-game losing streak.

Tyler O’Neill hit a solo home run for Boston. It was his sixth home run in 10 games. Boston’s only other hit was a Triston Casas single in the first inning.

Boston starter Brayan Bello (1-1) left the game with one out in the sixth and Boston trailing 3-1. He allowed one earned run on four hits, walked two and struck out three.

O’Neill’s two-out homer opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, but the Orioles tied the game when Cowser’s double to center scored Cedric Mullins in the second.

Baltimore took a 3-1 lead by scoring a pair of unearned runs in the third. After Ryan Mountcastle’s infield single, Mullins reached on a two-base error by left fielder Jarren Duran. Both runners scored on Cowser’s two-out double.

The Orioles added a run in the seventh to make it 4-1. Gunnar Henderson doubled with two outs, stole third and scored on Adley Rutschman’s single up the middle.

Tigers 5, Pirates 3: Kerry Carpenter delivered the go-ahead, pinch-hit single in the ninth inning as Detroit scored four runs in the frame to rally for a win at Pittsburgh.

The Detroit uprising came against Pirates closer David Bednar (1-1), who gave up four runs, three hits, two hit batters and a walk while recording just one out. — ttsburgh led by two before Bednar walked Riley Greene and hit Spencer Torkelson — the latter was pinch-run for by Zach McKinstry.

Gio Urshela then singled up the middle to score Greene and McKinstry also came around as Michael A. Taylor’s throw to third base bounced into the dugout. Two batters later, Carpenter drove in the go-ahead run with a single to left. Bednar hit Javier Baez with a pitch, and then allowed a runscoring single by Jake Rogers that put Detroit ahead 5-3.

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Twins-Mets trade: Minnesota acquired righthander Michael Tonkin, 34, from the New York Mets for cash considerations. To make room for Tonkin on the 26-man roster, the Twins placed outfielder Max Kepler on the 10-day injured list with a right knee contusion.

Red Sox: Boston shortstop Trevor Story will undergo season-ending surgery on his left shoulder, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said. Story initially was diagnosed with a dislocated left shoulder in an 8-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday after he dove to make a play.

Story was seen Monday by Dr. Evan O’Donnell, a shoulder specialist, in Boston, and manager Alex Cora said Tuesday before his team’s home opener against Baltimore that the news wasn’t positive.