Boston 2 at Baltimore 4 - Recap

BALTIMORE -- Trey Mancini and Jonathan Schoop hit back-to-back homers to spark a four-run fourth inning as the Baltimore Orioles gave starter Jayson Aquino his first major league win with a 4-2 victory Saturday night.

The Orioles (12-4), winners of four straight, have hit back-to-back home runs twice this season -- with Mancini and Schoop doing it both times, and each one came versus Boston starter Steven Wright after a 28-minute rain delay at the start.

That power helped Aquino (1-0) in his first major league start. The left-hander gave up two runs on six hits in six innings and needed to escape jams in each of his last three innings.

Mychal Givens came on after Aquino and threw two perfect innings of relief. Donnie Hart got the first two outs in the ninth before hitting Marco Hernandez, and Darren O'Day closed it and earned his first save.

Wright (1-2) took the loss for Boston (10-8), giving up four runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings.

The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the third when Jackie Bradley Jr. belted a two-run home run to right. Xander Bogaerts walked with one out, and Bradley followed with his first homer this season.

The Orioles broke out their power bats and answered in the fourth inning. Mancini hit his second homer of the season against Wright, a two-run shot which tied the game.

Schoop followed with a solo homer to left that gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead. Adam Jones made it 4-2 with a single that knocked Wright out. The knuckleballer scattered three hits in the first three innings but allowed four runs on six hits in the fourth.

NOTES: LHP Zach Britton is going to see a hand specialist Monday but the Orioles do not expect much trouble from that visit. After that doctor clears him, Britton will start throwing again. ... C Caleb Joseph got his first hit and scored his first run this season. The Baltimore backup came into the game 0-for-12 but went 2-for-3. ... Boston manager John Farrell said LHP David Price (left elbow strain) felt good Saturday after his first bullpen session Friday. The skipper said they will re-evaluate Sunday and decide when Price throws next. ... Farrell said they will also see if 2B Dustin Pedroia (left knee/ankle) can play Sunday after he missed Saturday's game. ... The game was delayed 28 minutes at the start because of rain.