The game was over in the first inning. Baltimore scored four times before Boston recorded an out, building an insurmountable lead in a 10-3 victory at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Adley Rutschman carried the offense with six RBIs on three hits, including two home runs. The catcher went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, raising his season average to .349 with 11 RBIs through 25 games. Samuel Basallo added four hits and a homer, while Gunnar Henderson, Dylan Beavers and Coby Mayo each contributed solo shots in the rout.
Henderson opened the scoring with a 410-foot homer to right field. Two batters later, Rutschman launched a two-run shot to right center that scored Taylor Ward. Beavers capped the first-inning explosion with his own 411-foot blast to right center. Rutschman struck again in the fourth inning with another two-run homer, and added an RBI single in the seventh as Henderson scored the final run.
Brayan Bello absorbed the loss for Boston, allowing 13 hits and eight runs in just 3.1 innings. His ERA stands at 9.00 with a 1-3 record. The Red Sox managed only three runs despite 10 hits, with Wilyer Abreu providing a solo homer in the second and Marcelo Mayer driving in a run with a sixth-inning double.
Baltimore improved to 12-13 and snapped a losing streak, while Boston fell to 9-16 and extended its losing streak to three games. Bello is 21 strikeouts away from 500 career strikeouts.