Boston.com · Sep 27, 2018
Red Sox send Orioles to record-112th loss, 19-3
–Michael Dwyer / AP BOSTON (AP) — J.D. Martinez had three of Boston’s season-high 22 hits, including a three run homer that brought his major league-leading RBIs total to 127, and the Red Sox beat Baltimore 19-3 Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader that sent the Orioles to a franchise-record 112th loss.
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— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) September 26, 2018
The once-proud Orioles (45-112) had lost more than 100 games just once since moving to Baltimore in 1954, in 1988 when they lost their first 21 games en route to a 55-107 record. The previous franchise record of 111 losses was set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns.
