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In 1912, the Red Sox won their second World Series championship—it
should have been their
third, but the New York Giants refused to play the 1904 AL Champion Red Sox in the Fall Classic (can you say forfeit?). Speaking of 1912, that was the score in last night's slugfest at Camden Yards—
Red Sox 19, Orioles 12. The Red Sox jumped ahead 3-0 on
Xander Bogaerts' HR blast in the first inning. But
Nathan Eovaldi could not repeat his first two Red Sox starts—getting
shelled for eight runs (four earned) in just 2.2 innings. Anyway, down by five runs later in the game (8-3), Boston crept closer with two in the fourth (a
Jackie Bradley, Jr. triple mixed in) and then put up a
six-run sixth inning—including five walks and a
Brock Holt HR. That wasn't quite enough, though, as
Andrew Benintendi clouted a three-run HR in the seventh and then
The Carmine Hose scored
five more runs in the eighth. This one was just silly, with
Mookie Betts going 3-4 with 3 RBIs,
J.D. Martinez going 2-5 with two more RBIs (now with a sick MLB-leading 101), and Holt going 3-4 with 3 RBIs. Even
Dan Butler contributed—with a single that kept the 6th inning rally going after the Holt jack. This was a
weird win—which again exposed Boston's pitching instability, as Red Sox hurlers gave up a total of
17 hits. As the cherry on top of the sundae,
The Evil Ones fell to Texas—re-establishing Boston's lead in the AL East to
nine full games.
