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\n \u00a0The Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 Aug 28th, 2025 7:42pm EDT<\/p>\n

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Associated Press (AP) \u2014 Romy Gonzalez hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, Rob Refsnyder homered in his , and the Boston Red Sox earned a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles to complete a four-game sweep Thursday.<\/p>\n

Trevor Story also homered for Boston, which went 7-1 on a two-city road trip that began against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox lead the Yankees by a game for the AL\u2019s top wild card.<\/p>\n

Alex Jackson went deep for Baltimore, which went 1-7 on its homestand against Houston and Boston. The last-place Orioles are a season-high 18 games out of first in the AL East.<\/p>\n

Roman Anthony drew a leadoff walk in the eighth against Rico Garcia (0-1), moved to second on Story\u2019s one-out grounder and scored when .<\/p>\n

Jordan Hicks (2-7) pitched a scoreless seventh. Steven Matz worked the ninth for his second save.<\/p>\n

Garrett Crochet surrendered two runs in six innings for Boston. He struck out seven to raise his season total to a majors-best 214, two more than Detroit\u2019s Tarik Skubal.<\/p>\n

Jackson homered . Jeremiah Jackson hit an RBI double to tie it at 2 in the fifth, but Crochet struck out Gunnar Henderson and got to strand two in scoring position.<\/p>\n

Baltimore starter Cade Povich gave up solo home runs to and . He allowed two runs in five innings and struck out five.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s Garrett Whitlock struck out pinch hitter Dylan Beavers with two runners on to end the eighth.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Boston swept a four-game series from Baltimore for the first time since Aug. 10-13, 2018.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Boston has not announced a starter for Friday\u2019s series opener at home against Pittsburgh. Baltimore RHP Dean Kremer (9-9, 4.19 ERA) starts as the Orioles visit San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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Category: MLB<\/a><\/p>\n

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