Every good streak has to come to an end, and on Wednesday, it was the Boston Red Sox’s turn. A 15-game winning streak reached by the team was snapped later on Wednesday, as Boston lost 5-1 to the Baltimore Orioles..
The Red Sox’s chances to extend to a franchise-tying 15-game streak against the Orioles was postponed due to rain on Tuesday, but Boston was able to pull off a 6-3 victory to open the impromptu doubleheader.
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Rookie pitcher Eduardo Rivera was tasked with starting the second game, but his third career MLB start did not go as hoped: Rivera allowed four runs in the first inning, and was taken out before the inning was over.
Brayan Bello then entered the game with the hopes of turning things around, with the 27-year-old starter keeping Baltimore scoreless for more than five innings, but the damage was already done.
Boston finally got a run in the fourth thanks to a Masataka Yoshida RBI single, but Gunnar Henderson scored for the Orioles in the seventh off a wild pitch to make it 5-1 Baltimore.
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