{"id":63196,"date":"2018-04-16T07:39:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T07:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=63196"},"modified":"2018-04-16T07:39:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T07:39:45","slug":"red-sox-extend-best-start-in-118-year-history-beat-orioles-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/red-sox-extend-best-start-in-118-year-history-beat-orioles-3-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox extend best start in 118-year history, beat Orioles 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Sox extend best start in 118-year history, beat Orioles 3-1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Andrew Benintendi got three hits and the Boston Red Sox extended the best start in their 118-year history, beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday at frigid Fenway Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitch Moreland also had three hits for the Red Sox, who improved to a major league-best 13-2 under new manager Alex Cora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston goes for a sweep of the four-game series in the traditional Patriots’ Day game Monday morning with a scheduled 11:05 a.m. start \u2014 though the forecast calls for heavy rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manny Machado had an RBI double for Baltimore, which has lost five of six.<\/span><\/p>\n

Players on both teams wore extra layers, many with neck wraps or head shells, and the usually-nearly-packed Fenway was less than half-full in conditions that made it feel more like a New England Patriots’ home game mid-December. The Red Sox posted an announcement offering free hot chocolate to the fans from the middle of the fifth inning on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nHeath Hembree (2-0) worked two innings of scoreless relief. Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his fifth save.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston ace Chris Sale gave up one run on two hits in five innings, striking eight and walking two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trailing 1-0 in the fifth, the Red Sox tied it against Dylan Bundy (0-2) on Benintendi’s RBI triple. They went ahead the next inning when J.D. Martinez scored on a wild pitch after reaching on third baseman Danny Valencia’s fielding error and advancing on Moreland’s double. Tzu-Wei Lin’s RBI double made it 3-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitching in short sleeves with a gametime temperature of 34 degrees and a wild chill in the mid-20s, the lanky Sale gave up hits to two of first three batters of the game when Trey Mancini reached on an infield hit and scored on Machado’s double.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nBundy gave up three runs \u2014 one earned \u2014 on seven hits in 5 2\/3 innings with six strikeouts, two walks and two wild pitches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the game, Boston DH Hanley Ramirez joked “in the Dominican” when asked if he could remember playing in such cold conditions. Then the slugger explained that he didn’t like wearing long sleeves because it felt “tight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/span><\/p>\n

Orioles: RHP Andrew Cashner (1-1, 2.50 ERA) is in line to make his fourth start with Baltimore on Monday. He signed a $16-million, two-year deal as a free agent in mid-February.<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Sox: LHP Brian Johnson (1-0, 2.70) is set to make a fill-in start with LHP David Price being pushed back a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2018\/04\/15\/red-sox-extend-best-start-in-118-year-history-beat-os-3-1\/33867635\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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