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Adam Duvall walks-off a gift from the Orioles April 1, 2023 ... Masataka Yoshida’s routine fly ball sailed to medium deep left field, and Baltimore’s Ryan McKenna moved slowly to his right before settling under it preparing to make the grab for the final out. Then the ball kicked off the palm of his glove and fell to the ground. The Fenway Park crowd was screaming. Two pitches later, the Boston Red Sox were celebrating at home plate and walking off with their first win of the season, 9-8 over the Orioles behind Adam Duvall’s second two-run homer. Duvall had four hits and five RBIs in thge game. Baltimore stole five bases and became the first team to steal 10 in its first two games since at least 1901. Jorge Mateo swiped two, and Cedric Mullins, McKenna and Austin Hays one each. Mullins hit a three-run homer, Ryan Mountcastle had a two-run shot and the Orioles tagged Chris Sale for seven runs over three innings in his first Fenway start since 2021. Hays went 5 for 5 with a solo shot for the Orioles. Baltimore went ahead 7-1 on Mullins’ homer before Boston rallied behind Duvall, who fell a single shy of the cycle. Rafael Devers had three hits and Alex Verdugo a two-homer homer for the Red Sox, who cut it to 8-7 in the seventh on Duvall’s RBI double. Making his first start in Fenway since a loss in Game 5 of the 2021 AL Championship Series, Sale gave up three homers. He did have six strikeouts, getting Ramón Urías three of his five times. With a very light rain falling and the sun peeking through the clouds, Sale took his warmups in Boston’s bullpen. About 30 minutes later, he found himself in a 3-0 hole after giving up homers to Mountcastle — a shot into the Monster seats on a slider down the middle— and Hays’ drive to center on a 95.7 mph fastball. |
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