BALTIMORE — Tyler O’Neill had 4 hits in his home debut for Baltimore, and the Orioles used a pair of massive offensive innings to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Monday.
Baltimore scored 4 runs in the first and 4 extra in the eighth in its home opener, and the Orioles’ bullpen threw 4 2/3 innings. Matt Bowman, Seranthony Domínguez (1-0), Keegan Akin and Yennier Cano blanked Boston in reduction. Then Félix Bautista got here on for the ninth to an enormous ovation — the huge nearer missed all of final season due to Tommy John surgical procedure.
Bautista allowed two runs and needed to face Alex Bregman as the tying run with two on. Bregman hit a game-ending popup.
Orioles starter Cade Povich allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings however struck out eight. Sean Newcomb (0-1) threw three shutout innings after permitting 4 runs in the first in his Boston debut.
Baltimore started the backside of the first with 4 straight singles, together with RBI hits by O’Neill and Ryan Mountcastle. Cedric Mullins added a two-out, two-run double to make it 4-0.
O’Neill, who signed with the Orioles in the offseason, had three singles and a double.
Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple in the second for Boston, and the Red Sox scored once more in the third, however the Orioles pulled away in the eighth. Heston Kjerstad singled home a run, Mullins drove in two extra with a bases-loaded single, and Jackson Holliday hit an RBI single.
