The Red Sox have been playing winning baseball and scoring a lot of runs lately. They scored six early runs last night to lead the Orioles 6-0 after two innings. By the end of the sixth, Boston was ahead 8-2.
They were, or so they thought, well on their way to their eighth win in nine games and 12th in the past 16. The Red Sox had been 6-1 in their previous seven home games and had won four straight series, beating the Rangers, Astros, Mariners and the White Sox. They were averaging 7.5 runs per game in the last 15 games and their plus-26 run differential in May was fourth-best in MLB.
Then, Boston allowed 10 runs the last three innings as Baltimore rallied to win 12-8 last night. The Orioles scored three runs in the seventh to trail 8-5, three in the eighth to tie it and four in the ninth to put it away.
The last time the Orioles won when trailing by six at any point in a game was Aug. 14, 2016 at San Francisco. In that game, Baltimore trailed 7-1 after five and scored two in the seventh, two in the eighth and three in the ninth for an 8-7 victory.
The Orioles are now:
