BOSTON — Thanks to a bounce-back outing from their best starter of the young season — right-hander David Hess — the Orioles were still in touch with the Boston Red Sox when they collected their first hit of the game with two outs in the fifth inning.
But even with a two-run home run from Dwight Smith Jr. pulling them within a run in the seventh inning and Renato Núñez’s two-run home run in the ninth, the Orioles' late-game fight wasn't enough to prevent a 6-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox before an announced crowd of 33,668 at Fenway Park on Friday night.