Will O's blowout win lead to good weekend at Fenway Park?

For the Orioles, finally a two-game winning streak. They haven't had one since winning three in a row from Aug. 5-7. But after a 12-inning win Wednesday, they crushed Boston last night 16-3 in the series opener at Fenway Park.

It was a season high in runs for the Orioles and they tied a season high with 20 hits. They surpassed the previous best when they beat St. Louis 15-7 on June 17. This was the seventh time this season the Orioles have scored 12 or more runs and the 15th time they have scored 10 or more runs.

Only once in team history have the Orioles scored more runs in a game at Fenway Park. They beat Boston 17-3 on Sept. 27, 1960 when Jim Gentile had five RBIs to lead the way. The 16 runs were their most in a road game since scoring 16 at Detroit on Aug. 17, 2008.

The Orioles offense has now produced 24 runs the last two games and 67 runs in the last 10 games. The Orioles lead the American League in runs scored since the All-Star break, producing 232 over 40 games. That is an average of 5.8 per game.

Meanwhile, the Red Sox had not allowed 13 or more runs in any game this year until Thursday and now they have done so in back-to-back games. In fact, in the four games that preceded their 13-6 loss on Thursday to Cleveland, Boston pitchers gave up eight runs and 14 hits combined. That is 14 hits allowed over a four-game span. Now they have allowed 38 hits the last two games to the Indians and Orioles.

Boston entered Friday's series opener with a record of 16-5 (.762) since July 31. That was tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for Major League Baseball's highest winning percentage in that span. The Red Sox have now lost consecutive games for the first time since dropping four in a row, July 22-25.

The Red Sox began this series leading the AL and ranking second in the majors in ERA at 3.69. In 52 games since June 26, the Red Sox had posted a 3.32 ERA.

But the Orioles won in blowout fashion on Friday and now we see if this was the start of a good weekend in Beantown.

Friday on the farm: The Orioles' Double-A Bowie team blanked Altoona 2-0 last night to even that four-game series and move to within one game of first-place Altoona at 68-62.

Right-hander David Hess continued his strong August, throwing eight innings of one-hit ball with one walk and five strikeouts. The eight innings is a career high. He is 11-8 with a 3.91 ERA. In five August starts, Hess is 3-1 with a 2.18 ERA. In 33 innings he has allowed just 20 hits with seven walks, 26 strikeouts and a .169 average against. Right-hander Scott McGough pitched the ninth to record his 12th Baysox save.

Triple-A Norfolk won a 12-0 blowout game at Durham. Four pitchers combined on an eight-hitter as Jason Wheeler went four innings, Matt Wotherspoon two, Vidal Nuño one and Donnie Hart two. Mike Yastrzemski had three hits, including two doubles. Catcher Chance Sisco hit his seventh homer of the year and his third in the last six games for the Tides.

In Game 1 of a doubleheader, Single-A Frederick beat Potomac 1-0 as Cristian Alvarado pitched a seven-inning four-hitter to improve to 7-9 with a 5.20 ERA. He blanked a Potomac squad that featured two Washington Nationals in the lineup on rehab assignments. He held Trea Turner to an 0-for-3 game and Jayson Werth went 1-for-3. Potomac won the nightcap by a 5-0 score.

Single-A Delmarva beat Charleston 4-3 on Preston Palmeiro's walk-off single into left-center in the bottom of the 10th at Perdue Stadium. Chris Shaw's RBI triple tied the game in the last of the ninth for Delmarva.

In the 10th, Alexis Torres and Cole Billingsley drew back-to-back full-count one-out walks. Ryan McKenna flew out to center and Torres dove into third, putting the winning run 90 feet away. Then Palmeiro's single won it. Palmeiro has 75 RBIs to rank fourth in the South Atlantic League.

Short-season Single-A Aberdeen lost 5-2 at Vermont. The IronBirds fall to 35-28 and are 2 1/2 games out of the wild card berth in the New York-Penn League.