When the Orioles entered this series, they were 0.5 games out of the final wild-card spot. With this four-game sweep by the Red Sox, they have fallen four games out with 18 to play.
The Nationals watched another lead slip away when Clayton Beeter allowed a three-run seventh-inning homer to Tommy Edman that put the Dodgers in front in Saturday’s 6-5 loss.
Navy racked up 506 yards on the ground, with 14 players having at least one carry. Vic Listorti had 81 yards on 11 carries, and Jackson Gutierrez scored twice.
Benches and bullpens emptied in the eighth after Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock induced Luis Robert Jr. into an inning-ending double play and Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story appeared to take issue with Blaze Alexander’s slide into second.
It was a night of juxtapositions for the Orioles (69-72), who suffered a frustrating 6-5 loss at the hands of Rutschman and the Red Sox one month after the trade.
COLUMN | The trade that had a seismic impact on the Orioles’ season is a month old. The more we learn about what the Orioles yielded in return, the rosier the outlook gets.
The Bisciotti Family Foundation committed to giving Morgan State University $3 million to support the Ozzie Newsome Scholars program for Baltimore City Public Schools graduates.