The Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday as Eli White's three-run home run off Kyle Bradish in the second inning erased an early deficit and gave Boston a lead it never relinquished.
Baltimore struck first when Christian Encarnación-Strand's ground-rule double in the first inning scored Coby Mayo to put the Orioles up 1-0. White answered in the second, sending a fly ball to left-center that scored Caleb Durbin and Andruw Monasterio alongside him, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 Boston lead. That was all the scoring either team managed through the final seven innings.
Tolle was the story on the mound, going six innings and striking out 12 while allowing just the one early run. White finished 2-for-4 with all three of Boston's RBI. Bradish took the loss after four innings, surrendering the decisive blow. Aroldis Chapman closed it out for his save. For Baltimore, Encarnación-Strand went 1-for-4 with his RBI double, and Pete Alonso was 2-for-4, while the Orioles' bullpen — Anthony Nunez, Luis De León, Grant Wolfram, and Cam Sanders — combined for five scoreless innings after Bradish's exit.
The loss drops Baltimore to 69-74, now 3.0 games back of the final AL wild-card spot with the postseason window closing fast.