Pedroia Hits 2 HRs As Red Sox Beat Orioles 10-1

Dustin Pedroia homered twice and had a season-high five RBIs to back a dominant pitching performance by rookie Henry Owens, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 10-1 Wednesday night to avert a three-game sweep.

David Ortiz also went deep for the last-place Red Sox, his 35th homer of the season and 501st of his career.

Making his eighth big league start, Owens (3-2) gave up six hits over 7 2-3 shutout innings. The 23-year-old lefty struck out four, walked none and reduced his ERA from 5.25 to 4.33.

Pedroia hit a two-run drive off Mike Wright (2-5) in the third and a three-run shot against Jorge Rondon in the fourth to stake Boston to a 9-0 lead.

One year earlier on this date, the Orioles clinched their first AL East title since 1997. In this one, Baltimore took a step backward in its long-shot bid to snag the second AL wild card.

The Orioles had won six of their previous seven games following a season-defining 3-15 stretch.

Making his first career appearance against Boston, Wright fell behind when Ortiz homered to deep center on a 2-2 pitch.

Brock Holt singled in a run before Pedroia connected in a three-run third, and Boston added five runs in the fourth.

That was more than enough backing for the 6-foot-6 Owens, who went 3-8 with Triple-A Pawtucket before being called up on Aug. 4.

Baltimore scored an unearned run in the ninth inning on an RBI grounder by Steve Pearce.

TRAINER'S ROOM

RHP Joe Kelly has been shut down for the season with a shoulder injury. Kelly won eight straight starts before receiving a no-decision in an abbreviated outing Tuesday night.

UP NEXT

Boston gets a day off before sending Rick Porcello (8-12, 5.06 ERA) to the mound Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Toronto.