Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman would have had a pretty good night if the Boston Red Sox had chosen to give outfielder Mookie Betts the evening off.
Betts greeted Gausman with a leadoff home run in the first inning and followed that up with a three-run home run in the second. Before he was through, he delivered the first three-homer performance of his major league career as the Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 6-2, before 17,664 at Camden Yards.
For an encore, Betts made a truly spectacular diving, sliding catch to rob Paul Janish of a hit in the bottom of the seventh inning that will be showing up on highlight videos for years to come.