Adam Jones drove in a run and played exceptional defense behind left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, who earned his second win of the season Wednesday night in the Baltimore Orioles’ 5-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

J.J. Hardy had two RBIs for the Orioles, who will attempt to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday night. Baltimore is 6-3 against Boston this season, 4-1 at home.

Jones, a four-time Gold Glove winner, threw out a runner from center field and made two fine catches. He also put Baltimore up 3-1 in the third with an RBI single.

Dustin Pedroia had two hits and scored twice for the lastplace Red Sox, who have lost nine of their last 10 road games. David Ortiz did not play, mostly because of his .114 batting average against lefthanded pitchers.

Chen (2-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in five-plus innings. He came in with just one win in his 11 previous starts despite carrying a solid 3.18 ERA.

Darren O’Day struck out four during two perfect innings to earn his second save.

Rick Porcello (4-6) gave up five runs and 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings in losing his fourth straight start. In three appearances against Baltimore this year, he’s 0-2 with a 9.37 ERA.

The Orioles’ outfield put on an impressive display of fielding in the second inning. Xander Bogaerts hit a liner off the wall that Jones snagged with his bare hand before throwing out the runner at second base. Pablo Sandoval followed with a single to left and was thrown out at second by Travis Snider. Jones then made a nice running catch of a liner by Mookie Betts.

In the bottom half, pullhitter Chris Davis beat the shift with a bunt down the third- base line. Two outs later, Hardy hit an RBI double and scored on a single by Ryan Flaherty.