BALTIMORE — Chris Davis singled in the winning run in the 13th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles got home runs from Manny Machado and Steve Pearce in a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
The Orioles have won six of seven to keep alive their narrow shot of earning the second AL wild-card spot.
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WHO: Boston Red Sox (Owens 2-2) at Baltimore Orioles (Wright 2-4)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m. Wednesday
TELEVISION: NESN
Gerardo Parra led off the 13th by drawing a walk from rookie Jonathan Aro (0-1). Machado singled, advancing Parra to third, and Robbie Ross came in to face Davis.
Davis lined a 2-1 pitch past the drawn-in infield and into right field to collect his 107th RBI and end the 4-hour, 20-minute marathon.
Chaz Roe (3-2), the seventh Baltimore pitcher, worked the 13th to get the win.
Boston used nine pitchers, limiting the Orioles to one hit from the sixth inning through the 12th.
Machado gave Baltimore a 5-4 lead with a solo shot in the fifth inning, but Travis Shaw tied it with a drive off Brian Matusz in the eighth.
Seeking to win his ninth straight start, Boston right-hander Joe Kelly left in the third inning with what the Red Sox described as “shoulder tightness and fatigue.” He gave up four runs, three earned, and five hits in 2 1-3 innings.
Though Kelly didn’t take the loss, it marked the first time in eight outings that he allowed more than two earned runs. The extent of the injury will be determined after further evaluation.
Boston got a third-inning run when Ubaldo Jimenez walked David Ortiz on four pitches to load the bases for Shaw, who walked on a 3-2 pitch.
In the bottom half, Pearce hit a two-run homer, and a throwing error by Mookie Betts on a single to center allowed another run to score. That ended Kelly’s night, and Matt Wieters greeted Craig Breslow with a sacrifice fly for a 4-1 lead.
The Red Sox tied it in the fifth when Xander Bogaerts and Pablo Sandoval sandwiched RBI singles around a run-scoring fly by Ortiz.
Jimenez allowed four runs, six hits and three walks in five innings.
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