It was an eventful Saturday afternoon, but the Red Sox weathered the storm to earn another win over the Orioles.<\/p>\n
Rafael Devers played hero for Boston when he hit the walk-off single to beat Baltimore 6-5 at Fenway Park. It was a tight contest that began with an in-game rain delay, but the bullpen stepped up to only give up one run in six innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cSatisfying doesn\u2019t do service on this one. We needed to win that game,\u201d Alex Cora told reporters after the win, as seen on NESN\u2019s postgame coverage. \u201cWe went all in. We put all the chips in. I was thinking about what was going to happen in the next inning, what\u2019s going to happen in the second game and tomorrow. That\u2019s the way I see it. We won. We have two already out of four. \u2026Hopefully, we can swing the bat well and help the pitching staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hunter Dobbins impressed with seven strikeouts, but the Red Sox had another starter pitch less than five innings. It added more strain to the bullpen that had to pick up the slack. But they\u2019ve stepped up to the occasion when called upon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did an amazing job. Everybody threw the ball well. It wasn\u2019t easy. It hasn\u2019t been easy since, shoot, it\u2019s been a week,\u201d Cora said. \u201cWe\u2019re not getting enough from the starters. We\u2019re getting a lot from our bullpen. The good thing about this is it\u2019s a four-game series, and we got two already. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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Boston\u2019s bullpen in Game 1 combined for five strikeouts in six innings while only giving up two hits. Greg Weissert came up clutch in the top of the 10th inning to hold off the ghost runner. The right-hander was comfortable with his fastball, topping out at 95 mph, and he got Jorge Mateo to strike out swinging.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Justin Slaten also came big in a high-leverage situation. The 27-year-old had been one of Boston\u2019s most reliable relievers after a slow start. The right-hander hasn\u2019t allowed a run since May 4 against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n
Here are more notes from Game 1 of the Red Sox-Orioles doubleheader Saturday:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Baltimore chose to pitch to Devers in the bottom of the 10th inning, believing that left-hander Gregory Soto could handle one of the hottest hitters in baseball. That didn\u2019t end up working, and Boston earned its fifth walk-off win of the season.<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Devers had been on fire in 21 games this month with five doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBIs off a 1.278 OPS.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Red Sox officially placed Alex Bregman on the 10-day injured list due to a right quad strain. Boston selected Marcelo Mayer<\/a> to the major league roster from Triple-A Worcester, and he\u2019ll wear No. 39. Triston Casas was transferred to the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n