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Red Sox Sweep Orioles With 3-2 Win, Strengthen Hold on Top Wild Card

Garrett Crochet’s six strong innings pushed his MLB-best strikeout total to 214.

Overview

  • Romy Gonzalez delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie.
  • Rob Refsnyder homered in his return from a left oblique strain, and Trevor Story also went deep.
  • Garrett Crochet allowed two runs over six innings with seven strikeouts, bringing his season total to 214 to lead the majors.
  • Jordan Hicks earned the win with a scoreless seventh, Garrett Whitlock escaped an eighth-inning jam, and Steven Matz recorded his second save.
  • Boston completed a four-game sweep to finish a 7-1 trip, improving to 75-60 with a one-game lead for the AL’s top wild card as Baltimore wrapped a 1-7 homestand and fell 18 games back in the AL East.