Red Sox beat Orioles in 11 innings again
BALTIMORE -- Jackie Bradley Jr. scored on a Brad Brach wild pitch with two outs in the top of the 11th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Bradley reached when grounding into a force for the first out of the 11th against Brach (4-5), and Xander Bogaerts' groundout moved him to second. Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts both followed with walks, loading the bases with two outs.
Mitch Moreland came up and Brach bounced the first pitch to him. The ball got past Baltimore catcher Welington Castillo, letting Bradley score easily from third.
Boston (87-64) improved to 15-3 in extra-inning games. The Red Sox also won in 11 innings over the Orioles (73-79) on Monday night.
Joe Kelly (4-1) earned the victory thanks to a scoreless 10th, and Matt Barnes closed it in the 11th for his first save.
Baltimore now is 12-4 in extra-inning games.
Starters Kevin Gausman and Drew Pomeranz dominated this game, but neither figured in the decision.
Gausman retired the first 14 Boston batters he faced and gave up three hits over eight shutout innings. He struck out seven with just one walk and was in command most of the time.
Pomeranz needed to battle out of a few jams and got some help from his defense, but still threw 6 1/3 shutout innings. He scattered five hits and struck out five with two walks, leaving in a scoreless tie.
The Orioles nearly took the lead in the third after Manny Machado doubled with two outs. Jonathan Schoop followed with a single to left but left fielder Benintendi gunned down Machado at the plate.
Boston did not even get a baserunner until Rafael Devers lined a ball off the wall in right for a single with two outs in the fifth. Gausman had retired the first 14 batters he faced.
The Red Sox stopped the Orioles again with defense in the bottom of the fifth. Center fielder Bradley robbed Chris Davis of a solo homer with a leaping catch at the fence in right-center.
NOTES: RF Austin Hays, whom the Orioles brought up from Double-A Bowie earlier this month, made his sixth start in this game. He had never played above Double-A before. ... 2B Dustin Pedroia (nasal contusion) could be back in the Boston starting lineup Wednesday, according to manager John Farrell, who said Pedroia is still sore after a foul ball bounced back and hit him in the nose during an at-bat Monday. Pedroia pinch-hit in the 10th in Tuesday's game. ... LHP Drew Pomeranz starting for Boston made this the 98th time this season the Red Sox have started a left-hander.