O’Hearn leads Orioles against the Red Sox after 4-hit game

By Canadian Press on May 22, 2025.

Baltimore Orioles (16-32, fifth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (25-26, third in the AL East)

Boston; Thursday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Cade Povich (1-3, 5.23 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 38 strikeouts); Red Sox: Lucas Giolito (1-1, 7.08 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -124, Orioles +104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles play the Boston Red Sox after Ryan O’Hearn had four hits on Wednesday in an 8-4 win over the Brewers.

Boston is 14-12 in home games and 25-26 overall. The Red Sox are 18-4 in games when they out-hit their opponents.

Baltimore is 8-17 on the road and 16-32 overall. Orioles hitters have a collective .387 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the AL.

The teams meet Thursday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alex Bregman has a .297 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 17 doubles and 11 home runs. Carlos Narvaez is 14 for 32 with two home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

O’Hearn has a .306 batting average to lead the Orioles, and has six doubles and seven home runs. Ryan Mountcastle is 13 for 45 with three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .245 batting average, 5.35 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

Orioles: 2-8, .249 batting average, 5.70 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Romy Gonzalez: 10-Day IL (back), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Orioles: Ramon Laureano: day-to-day (ankle), Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Colton Cowser: 60-Day IL (thumb), Jordan Westburg: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gary Sanchez: 10-Day IL (wrist), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

The Associated Press

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