The Boston Red Sox had a chance to make a little franchise history, but the Baltimore Orioles shut that door fast.
Boston came in trying to extend its winning streak to 16 and break an 80-year club mark. Instead, the Orioles matched the Red Sox punch for punch in the first inning of Game 2, then rolled to a 5-1 win that kept Boston stuck on 15 straight.
Baltimore wasted no time putting pressure on Eduardo Rivera. With the bases loaded and two outs in the opening frame, Rivera uncorked a wild pitch that brought home Pete Alonso. Dylan Beavers followed with a two-run single, then came around himself on a Johnathan Rodriguez RBI double to make it a four-run inning before Boston had settled in.
Rodríguez laces one off the Monster for an RBI double! pic.twitter.com/bPstBydq4y
- Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 22, 2026
Boston managed its only run in the fourth inning. Willson Contreras Masataka Yoshida.
The Orioles added one more in the seventh when Gunnar Henderson tripled to lead off the inning and scored on a Jovani Moran wild pitch.
Kyle Bradish made sure the early cushion held up. The newly extended starter, fresh off a 5 year, $90M extension, went 6.0 innings and allowed just one run on four hits. He walked one, struck out four and hit a batter while throwing 89 pitches, 58 for strikes, in a quality start.
Baltimore’s bullpen finished the job from there. Yennier Cano, Andrew Kittredge and Tyler Wells each worked an inning, and the trio gave up just one hit the rest of the way.
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