BALTIMORE — Kevin Gausman pitched six innings of two-hit ball to earn his first victory in six weeks, Adam Jones had two RBI and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 Monday night for their fifth win in six games.
Caleb Joseph had three hits for the Orioles, who moved two games ahead of the last-place Red Sox in the AL East. Baltimore trails four teams in the hunt for the second AL wild-card spot.
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WHO: Boston Red Sox (Kelly 10-6) at Jimenez (11-9)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday
TELEVISION: NESN
Gausman (3-6) struck out seven, walked four and allowed only one runner past second base. The right-hander was 0-4 in his previous seven starts.
Brad Brach worked the seventh inning, Darren O’Day and Brian Matusz shared the eighth and Zach Britton got three straight outs to complete the three-hitter and earn his 33rd save.
Eduardo Rodriguez (9-6) gave up one run and five hits in 51/3 innings for Boston. The 22-year-old had won three straight starts and was vying to become only the second Red Sox left-hander since 1950 to reach 10 wins in his rookie season.
Boston leadoff hitter Mookie Betts went 0 for 3 with a walk, ending his 18-game hitting streak.
The Orioles got a first-inning run when Nolan Reimold singled, Manny Machado walked and second baseman Josh Rutledge mishandled an RBI grounder by Jones.
Gausman faced his only jam in the fourth, when two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out. After Rusney Castillo lined out to second, Blake Swihart hit a fly to center.
Baltimore made it 2-0 in the seventh. Chris Davis singled off Tommy Layne with two outs, and Jones greeted Jean Machi with a run-scoring double.
In the Boston eighth, Betts led off with a walk and pinch-hitter Brock Holt singled. O’Day struck out Xander Bogaerts before Matusz retired David Ortiz on a liner to center and got Travis Shaw on a sharp grounder to first.
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