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Red Sox keep rolling with sixth straight win, sweeping Orioles

He's 10-for-21 (.476) with a 1.476 slugging percentage on Eutaw Street, and 20-for-47 (.426) with a 1.000 slugging percentage in 11 games against the Orioles overall this season.

Before all of the Betts excitement, Red Sox starting pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez was removed in the fifth inning - with a no-hitter still intact - because of hamstring tightness. Ezequiel Carrera had an RBI double, Darwin Barney had a two-run double and Russell Martin added an RBI single as Toronto became the sixth team to win five straight series against the Yankees in NY.

"It is what it is", Showalter said of the race for the AL East crown. He leads baseball with 167 hits and a.362 average, also tallying 19 homers, 73 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases. With two outs and Jackie Bradley, Jr. on base after being hit by a pitch, Bundy gave up two straight singles, the second of which knocked in a run.

The game was stopped after six innings due to rain and, after a delay of 1 hour, 17 minutes, was called final.

Betts put a branding stamp on the 88-mph slider and set it screeching over the left-field fence, putting the Red Sox ahead 3-0 with one swing. The veteran Texan made five consecutive scoreless relief appearances before rejoining the rotation, beginning with a flawless inning against Detroit on July 27.Boyd has been sharp in seven appearances - six starts - since rejoining the team from the minors just prior to the All-Star break and is coming off his best effort in that stretch.

Adam Warren (1-1) began the eighth for NY and gave up four runs in 1/3 of an inning. He got through the first and second innings easily, but ran into trouble in the third. But it was Mother Nature that provided the lightning and heavy rain that cut Wednesday night's game short and sent them on their way after a two-game sweep of the Orioles at Camden Yards.

The birthday boy came up next, poised to break open this lead.

In the top of the sixth inning, relief pitcher Tyler Wilson was hit hard, giving up three more runs to give the Red Sox an 8-1 lead. Garcia gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings, including three home runs.

Matt Garza (4-5) took the loss in the first game and Jhan Martinez (0-1) lost after relieving Anderson in Game 2.

St. Louis' Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko each homered to help the Cardinals beat Houston 8-5.

Carlos Beltran had tied the game with his fourth hit, a two-run single. Andrew Benintendi followed up with a four pitch walk to load the bases.

Gallardo allowed four hits in five innings. He was hit by a comebacker in the fifth inning, but managed to stay in the game. Leon added his two-run homer in the fifth.

More than four months into the 2016 season, Price has given up 173 hits, most in baseball entering his start against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday Night Baseball (7 p.m. ET on ESPN/WatchESPN).

- Bradley Jr. scored again in his second at-bat, this time managing to touch home plate after blasting a two-out, two-run homer over the center field fence in the third inning.

Minnesota's Ervin Santana pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Twins past Atlanta 4-2.

The Red Sox, already faced with playing a day game in Detroit on Thursday afternoon after playing a night game in Baltimore on Wednesday, could have faced a much worse fate, thanks to Mother Nature.

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Red Sox keep rolling with sixth straight win, sweeping Orioles