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Duran grand slam helps lead Red Sox to 8-6 win over Orioles

April 25, 2023 / 9:31 PM EDT / AP

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By Noah Trister, AP Baseball Writer

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jarren Duran hit a grand slam in the third and the Boston Red Sox withstood a five-run ninth inning by Baltimore, holding on for an 8-6 win Tuesday night that snapped the Orioles' seven-game winning streak.

Boston led 8-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth before the Orioles rallied with a leadoff homer by Gunnar Henderson and a one-out grand slam by Cedric Mullins. Kenley Jansen came on and retired the final two hitters for his sixth save.

Corey Kluber (1-4) pitched six innings and won for the first time in 10 starts, a drought that dated to last season when the two-time Cy Young winner was with Tampa Bay. Like Chris Sale the night before, Kluber didn't have big strikeout numbers, but unlike Sale, he limited the Orioles to four singles and a solo homer by Jorge Mateo in the fifth.

Kyle Bradish (1-1) lasted only 2 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs. A double play got him out of the first after two walks, but a one-out walk in the second started a three-run rally.

Duran doubled and Christian Arroyo singled home a run. Then Reese McGuire hit an RBI single to make it 2-0. Rafael Devers added a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded.

The next time the Red Sox loaded the bases — on three straight singles to start the third — Duran hit a drive over the wall in center field for his first homer of the year.

The 26-year-old Duran went 3 for 4 to raise his average to .387. He scored on McGuire's run-scoring groundout in the eighth to make it 8-1.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: Boston put INF Yu Chang (broken hand) on the 10-day injured list and recalled utilityman Enmanuel Valdez from Triple-A Worcester. ... Arroyo exited the game in the fifth with right hamstring tightness.

Orioles: LF Austin Hays left after three innings with a bruised right hand. Initial X-rays were negative.

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