The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, on Saturday to move into a tie with the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East. The Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays earlier in the day.
Orioles 4, Red Sox 3: Baltimore tied for first in East
The Orioles moved into a tie for first place in the A.L. East with a 4-3 win over the Red Sox.
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With the score tied at three, Manny Machado homered off of Boston starter Felix Doubront and the Orioles bullpen shut down the Red Sox to give the Orioles a piece of first place. Tommy Hunter (7-8) picked up the win in relief and Jim Johnson saved his 49th game.
Machado started the scoring with an RBI single in the second inning. Chris Davis' two-run homer in the fourth, his 30th of the season, made it 3-0 Baltimore.
In the fifth, the Red Sox got on the board. With a runner on, Jarrod Saltalamacchia connected for his 25th homer of the season to make it 3-2, coming off of Baltimore starter Steve Johnson. Cody Ross tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, but that was it for the Red Sox offense, as the bullpen slammed the door on the comeback bid.
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