G72: Red Sox 7, Orioles 2

Red Sox - 000 003 103 - 7 12  0
Orioles - 000 002 000 - 2  8  2

Brock Holt and Xander Bogaerts each drove in two runs and J.D. Martinez hit his 16th home run of the year, as the Red Sox cruised to a 7-2 win over the Orioles on Saturday afternoon behind Chris Sale (6-6-2-1-10, 103).

Sale and Dylan Bundy (5-8-3-2-8, 98) battled for five shutout innings before the better team prevailed. The victory was the Red Sox's fourth consecutive win.

AL East: The MFY - who traded for Edwin Encarnacion - beat the White Sox 8-4 and the Rays lost to the Angels 5-3. ... MFY –, TBR 0.5, BOS 5.5.

Chris Sale / Dylan Bundy

Betts, RF
Benintendi, LF
Martinez, DH
Devers, 3B
Bogaerts, SS
Holt, 2B
Chavis, 1B
Bradley, CF
León, C

Heath Hembree - who had allowed only one earned run in his last 20 games (17.1 innings) - is on the injured list with a right elbow extensor strain. Josh Taylor will take his place in the bullpen.

The Red Sox also activated Brian Johnson and optioned Sam Travis. Johnson will be part of the starting rotation until Nathan Eovaldi returns.

AL East: TBR –, MFY 0.5, BOS 6.0. ... Angels/Rays, 1 PM. MFY/White Sox, 7 PM.