Cedric Mullins scored on the second pitch of the game, Anthony Santander scored twice and the Baltimore Orioles crushed the Boston Red Sox 14-8 on Monday night to gain ground in the post-season match.
Scorer Henderson scored a two-point homer and Mullins led in two points with a triple for Baltimore (80-73), who shot within 3.5 games of rested Seattle in the AL wildcard.
Austin Hays scored a solo shot for the Orioles in a game delayed an hour and 40 minutes from the rain.
Rob Refsnyder scored a three-point homer and JD Martinez had a solo for the lowest-seeded Red Sox (72-81), who suffered their sixth consecutive loss, the worst of the year.
Spencer Watkins (5-6) took the win by going 4 innings and 1/3 in relief and Connor Seabold (0-4) took the defeat.
For the Orioles, Venezuelans Anthony Santander 6-2, with two points scored and three RBI; Rougned Odor 5-2, with one point scored and one produced. The Dominican Jorge Mateo 4-1, with a point scored and an RBI.
For the Red Sox, Puerto Rican Kiké Hernández 5-2, with one point scored and three RBI. Dominicans Rafael Devers 5-3, with an RBI; Abraham Almonte 4-2.
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