BALTIMORE (AP) — Alex Bregman, Kristian Campbell and Triston Casas all hit two-run homers, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 on Thursday to take two of three in the series.
Cedric Mullins led off the bottom of the first with a home run for Baltimore, but Charlie Morton (0-2) allowed five runs in five innings in his home debut for the Orioles. Morton struck out 10, but the two home runs he yielded each followed a walk.
Bregman went deep in the first for his first RBIs of the season. Then Campbell, who signed before Wednesday’s game, hit his home run in the second to make it 4-1.
Casas’ drive made it 7-3 in the seventh. He was 2 for 21 with no RBIs entering the day.
All three home runs were hit to left field, where the Orioles moved the wall in from last season. Bregman’s shot , meaning it would have been out in 2024, too, but the other two did not.
Red Sox starter Tanner Houck allowed three runs in four-plus innings. Zack Kelly (1-0) got the win in relief.
Bregman went deep for the first time with Boston after he signed a $120 million, three-year contract in the offseason, moving from Houston to the Red Sox. He also doubled home a run in the ninth to complete a three-hit day.
After allowing one run in five innings Thursday, the Boston bullpen has a 2.05 ERA on the season.
The Orioles are hoping to have star SS Gunnar Henderson (intercostal strain) back when they begin a series at Kansas City on Friday night. Dean Kremer (1-0) starts for Baltimore against Seth Lugo (0-0).
The Red Sox play their home opener Friday against St. Louis. Walker Buehler (0-1) takes the mound against Erick Fedde (1-0) of the Cardinals.
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