The Orioles extended their best start in club history with a 9-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night, and were once again aided by the home run ball.
The Orioles, who have opened the season 7-0, received two two-run homers from J.J. Hardy and another two-run blast from Mark Trumbo. In two games in Boston, 12 of the Orioles’ 18 runs were scored by five home runs.
Trumbo’s homer, which came off Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz and tied the score at 4-4 in the sixth, came after Boston catcher Blake Swihart let a pop-up in foul ground drop in front of him, extending Trumbo’s eventual nine-pitch at-bat.