BOSTON -- Ryan Meisinger recorded just one out on Wednesday afternoon. It didn't get better for the Orioles from there. Baltimore, scarce for arms and limping toward the season's end, fell into a five-run hole early that paved the way for a 19-3 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against the Red Sox.
The O's used five pitchers in Game 1, sending utility player Jace Peterson to the hill for the bottom for the eighth inning, as Boston recorded 22 hits, including homers from J.D. Martinez, Rafael Devers (2), Xander Bogaerts and Blake Swihart.