Miley's Pitching, 4 HRs Carry Orioles Past Red Sox 7-5
BALTIMORE (AP) — Wade Miley allowed one run in seven innings, Mark Trumbo hit the first of Baltimore's four home runs off Eduardo Rodriguez and the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Thursday night.
Chris Davis and Adam Jones went deep for a second straight night and Jonathan Schoop capped the outburst with a three-run drive in the sixth that made it 7-1.
After taking two of three from the AL East-leading New York Yankees, the Orioles opened a four-game series against another division rival with a feel-good victory.
Miley (2-3) gave up five hits and a walk against the team he pitched for in 2015. Seeking his first win since April 14, the lefty did not allow a runner past first base after the second inning.
Rodriguez (4-2) surrendered seven runs in 5 2/3 innings, and the four homers tied a career high. The former Orioles farmhand came in with a four-game winning streak and a career 1.34 ERA in six starts at Camden Yards.
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and Christian Vazquez had two RBIs for the Red Sox, who lost for only the third time in 11 games.
When the Orioles visited Boston during the first week of May, a series of brushback pitches and harsh words in both clubhouses led the commissioner's office to intervene with instructions to end a feud that began in April with a spikes-high slide by Baltimore's Manny Machado into Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Before this game, Orioles manager Buck Showalter expected no residual ill will in a series between two teams within baseball's most competitive division.
"Your hands are full trying to stay with these guys as opposed to bringing in some unneeded drama," he said.
There was no drama after Jones led off the sixth with a home run and Schoop chased Rodriguez in the same inning.
Earlier, Trumbo hit a two-run drive and Davis made it 3-1 in the fourth with his team-high 12th home run, the first long ball allowed by Rodriguez to a left-handed batter since Brett Gardner of the Yankees last July.
TAKE A SEAT
Red Sox: Mired in an 0-for-12 skid, rookie OF Andrew Benintendi did not start. "There's going to be some ebbs and flows to the season. He's in one of those now," manager John Farrell said. Benintendi flied out as a pinch hitter.
Orioles: LF Hyun Soo Kim played in only 11 games last month and spent the first day of June on the Baltimore bench.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP Robbie Ross Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and placed on the 10-day DL with left elbow inflammation. Ross was optioned to Pawtucket on May 18 and did not pitch because of discomfort in his elbow. ... Pedroia (left wrist sprain) appears to be on the mend. "Some of that swelling is reducing quite a bit, so the range of motion is starting to get there," Farrell said.
Orioles: INF Ryan Flaherty, who went on the DL on May 19 with a right shoulder strain, should begin throwing next week.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: Rick Porcello (3-6, 4.21 ERA) will start Friday night, looking to regain his 2016 Cy Young Award form after giving up 11 hits in each of his last two outings.
Orioles: Hit hard by Houston on Sunday in his first start with Baltimore, Alec Asher (1-3, 3.77 ERA) gets a second chance to prove he's worthy of replacing struggling Ubaldo Jimenez in the rotation.
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