Xander Bogaerts, right, hit a three-run home run to put the game out of reach as Boston beat Baltimore on Sunday. The Orioles left runners in scoring position the last four innings, failing to erase an early one-run deficit before a three-run home run off Josh Lucas in the eighth inning put the game out of touch. Bogaerts’s blast meant the Orioles have allowed a home run in the first 16 games of the season, tying a major league record set by the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies. The Orioles (6-10) showed that Saturday’s 13-hit, nine-run outburst was an anomaly of sorts. In the three preceding games, the hit column finished with four for the Orioles each time.

Source: Washington Post April 14, 2019 22:30 UTC