BOSTON — Manny Machado slugged a long homer out of Fenway Park, drove in two runs and made three solid plays at third base in his first game against Boston since a dustup with the Red Sox just over a week ago, carrying the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory Monday night.
Caleb Joseph added an RBI double for the Orioles, who beat Boston for the fourth time in six games this season.
Tuesday's game
WHO: Baltimore Orioles (Asher 1-0) at Red Sox (Sale 1-2)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
TELEVISION: NESN
In the teams’ last meeting, at Camden Yards, reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch behind Machado’s head and hit the slugger’s bat. Barnes was suspended four games and fined. Machado had irked the Red Sox with a late slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia’s left leg two days earlier.
Dylan Bundy (4-1) took a shutout into the eighth inning before being pulled after a run on three straight hits. He allowed two runs and five hits, walking four and striking out two.
Brad Brach got the final three outs for his fifth save.
Reigning AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello (1-4) gave up two runs with seven strikeouts and no walks in six innings, dropping his fourth consecutive start to match his total losses last season.
Machado hit a hanging slider on the inner half of the plate completely over the Green Monster seats, making it 2-0 in the sixth. The Orioles star was booed each time he came to the plate and loudly when he rounded the bases after his shot.
Bundy hit Mookie Betts near the left hip with a fastball, prompting more loud boos. Betts just headed slowly to first.
Machado also made solid grabs of two hard grounders, one starting a double play, and a diving stop of Chris Young’s liner to end the game.
The Red Sox were sloppy, in the field and on the bases. In the eighth inning, Ramirez ran to second on his RBI single to left. The problem was that Andrew Benintendi was standing there, too, unable to advance on the play.
Benintendi was tagged out.
In the top half, reliever Heath Hembree, third baseman Marco Hernandez and left fielder Benintendi each committed an error when Baltimore added three unearned runs.
The Red Sox committed four errors in the game.
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