Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Box Score on Sep 18, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 19, 2017

BALTIMORE -- Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run single in the 11th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a come-from behind, 10-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night at Camden Yards.

Sandy Leon started the winning rally with a one-out walk off Miguel Castro (3-2). Leon went to second when first baseman Chris Davis bobbled a Jackie Bradley Jr. grounder before tagging the base.

Blake Swihart then pinch-ran for Leon, and Xander Bogaerts drew an intentional walk. Tzu-Wei Lin followed with another walk to load the bases before Benintendi singled to right, scoring Swihart and Bogaerts.

Matt Barnes (7-3) posted the victory thanks to a scoreless 10th inning. Carson Smith closed it in the 11th for his first save.

Boston (86-64) maintained its three-game lead over the Yankees (83-67) for first place in the American League East after New York beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Monday night. Both teams have 12 games left.

The Red Sox now are 14-3 in extra innings. The Orioles (73-78) fell to 12-3 in extra-inning contests.

The game swung back and forth. Baltimore couldn't hold an early 6-1 lead as the Red Sox scored six runs in the fifth.

The Orioles took the lead back that inning before Boston tied it at 8-8 on a Bogaerts homer against Donnie Hart in the seventh.

Both starters had problems. Baltimore's Dylan Bundy gave up six runs in 4 1/3 innings, and Boston's Doug Fister allowed five runs in two-plus innings.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Jonathan Schoop grounded into an RBI forceout.

Baltimore added three in the second after loading the bases with no outs. Austin Hays then hit a grounder that banged off second base and caromed toward left field, an odd two-run double.

Machado later added a sacrifice fly in the inning, and Welington Castillo greeted Heath Hembree with a sacrifice fly in the third to make it 5-0.

In the fourth, Boston's Brock Holt came on to pinch-hit for Dustin Pedroia after the second baseman fouled a ball off home plate that bounced up and hit him in the face. Pedroia is day-to-day with a nose contusion.

Holt picked up a 1-2 count and doubled, later scoring on a Mookie Betts single.

Adam Jones added an RBI single in the fourth to put Baltimore up 6-1 before the Red Sox answered with a six-run fifth inning, the big hits being Holt's two-run single that ended Bundy's night, and a three-run by Betts off Mychal Givens that handed Boston a 7-6 lead.

That didn't last long as Alvarez tied it with a solo homer off Fernando Abad in the fifth. Tim Beckham gave Baltimore an 8-7 lead with an RBI double after Brandon Workman entered later that inning.

NOTES: Orioles minor league pitcher Miguel Gonzalez, 21, died Monday after being hurt in a car accident in the Dominican Republic on Saturday. The Orioles held a moment of silence in his honor before the game. ... Boston RF Mookie Betts played in his 500th career game and notched his 600th career hit, an RBI single in the fourth inning. ... The Red Sox have come from behind in nine of their past 13 wins.