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Hosmer'southward double in 6th sends Red Sox past Orioles, 4-three

Eric Hosmer runs toward first after hit an RBI double during the sixth inning. AP Photo/Mary Schwalm

Past DOUG ALDEN, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Eric Hosmer hit a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning just afterwards Baltimore rallied to tie information technology, and the Boston Blood-red Sox held on for a iv-three victory over the Orioles on Thursday nighttime to snap a four-game losing streak.

Tommy Pham and Alex Verdugo also had RBI doubles for Boston, which had lost half-dozen of 7 and was in danger of carrying a five-game skid into a weekend series with the AL East-leading New York Yankees.

Reliever Austin Davis (2-1) got the win past closing out the sixth later on the Orioles scored three to tie it. John Schreiber pitched a scoreless 9th for his fourth save.

Terrin Vavra hit a ii-run triple for the Orioles, who were off to a 7-1 outset in August.

Vavra's triple to right with two men on in the sixth pulled Baltimore within 3-ii, so the Orioles were able to tack on another run when they challenged a call at starting time base of operations that would accept concluded the inning. Subsequently a video review, which showed Austin Hays chirapsia the throw, the call was reversed and Vavra's run counted, tying information technology upwards briefly.

J.D. Martinez drew a two-out walk from Dean Kremer (four-4) and Hosmer followed with a double to right off of reliever Nick Vespi. The run was charged to Kremer, who pitched five 2/3 innings and allowed iv runs on vi hits. He walked one and struck out six.

Josh Winckcowski also went 5 ii/iii innings. He gave upward three runs on six hits with ii walks and 2 strikeouts.

After a leadoff unmarried by Jarren Duran in the second, Pham lined a double downwards the left-field line and Duran came all the way around from get-go. It was the fourth double for Pham in nine games with Boston, which picked him upwards at the merchandise borderline in a deal with the Cincinnati Reds. Pham scored on a sacrifice fly past Xander Bogaerts to put Boston upwardly three-0.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: INF-OF Kiké Hernández volition continue his rehabilitation assignment at Double-A Portland on Fri, manager Alex Cora said. Hernández has been on the injured listing since early June with a strained right hip flexor.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Austin Voth (two-ane, v.53 ERA) faces Rays RHP Corey Kluber (7-six, 4.05) equally Baltimore opens a three-game series at Tampa Bay on Friday nighttime.

Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-3, 4.23) starts for Boston on Friday in the opener of a three-game series against the Yankees, who planned to start RHP Domingo German (1-2, 5.09).