Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles
Final
Recap
BALTIMORE -- Willson Contreras hit his sixth home run of the season and second in as many games, and the Boston Red Sox responded to the firing of manager Alex Cora with a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Connelly Early (2-1) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings in the rubber game victory for Boston, less than 24 hours after the club parted with Cora and five assistants following a 10-17 start to the season. Ceddanne Rafaela, Marcelo Mayer and Andruw Monasterio also had RBI hits to help Red Sox interim skipper Chad Tracy get a win in his MLB managerial debut.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBAL -139 · 56% to win
UpsetRun LineBAL -1.5
BOS coveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 8 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
7Hits6
1Home runs2
5Walks1
6Strikeouts7
4Stolen bases0
122Pitches thrown157
7Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman AnthonyDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jarren DuranLF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor WongC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcelo Mayer2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceddanne RafaelaCF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caleb Durbin3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andruw MonasterioSS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilyer AbreuRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connelly EarlyP | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Aroldis ChapmanP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Garrett WhitlockP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zack KellyP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |