BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Adley Rutschman homered twice in his return to Camden Yards, hitting solo shots in the first and sixth innings for the Boston Red Sox at Baltimore on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Rutschman received a standing ovation from the crowd \u2014 and from the Baltimore dugout \u2014 when he came to the plate with two outs in the first. Then he slugged a 1-1 pitch<\/a> from Brandon Young over the wall in right field. It was the All-Star catcher’s 10th homer of the season and second since being traded from the Orioles to the Red Sox in early August. He added another homer<\/a> in the sixth to cut Baltimore’s lead to 3-2.<\/p>\n Rutschman also received a video tribute between the first and second innings, and he got another big ovation despite having already done some damage offensively for his new team.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of memories, a lot of positive experiences. The people in Baltimore have always treated me with an unbelievable amount of respect and love, and I\u2019ve always felt that when I\u2019ve been here,\u201d Rutschman said before the game. \u201cSo just a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n Rutschman has battled elbow issues of late, but he was back in the lineup after missing the previous three games.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of feelings going on. Different being over on this side,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of memories, a lot of positive memories.\u201d<\/p>\n Baltimore drafted Rutschman No. 1 overall in 2019. His arrival in the major leagues in 2022 was part of a significant turnaround in which the Orioles ultimately won the AL East in 2023 and made the playoffs in 2024.<\/p>\n However, the last two years have been a good deal less successful. Although Rutschman made the All-Star team for the third time this year, the Orioles traded him to Boston just before the deadline.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s nothing but positive things to say about the Orioles, the organization, the staff, the players, coaches, just from top to bottom,\u201d Rutschman said. \u201cFrom getting drafted up until the trade deadline this year, it’s been a phenomenal experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Rutschman is now in better position to make the playoffs. Boston is almost certain to qualify, currently holding the second wild card. The Orioles have managed to stay in the race without him. They entered Thursday night one game behind Cleveland for the third wild card.<\/p>\n So there was a decent amount at stake once the pregame reunions were over.<\/p>\n \u201cHe couldn’t help himself. He stopped into the clubhouse quickly,\u201d Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. \u201cA lot of hugs, a lot of crap talk going back and forth. It was good to see him.\u201d<\/p>\n \n See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Adley Rutschman homered twice in his return to Camden Yards, hitting solo shots in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[1079,143,5,141,48,2542,796,51332,4,9501,9496,39139,83947,89,97535,2543],"class_list":["post-796041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-red-sox","tag-adley-rutschman","tag-baltimore","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-brandon-young","tag-craig-albernaz","tag-mlb","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-40779-ap-delaware-maryland-sports-only","tag-product-40791-ap-massachusetts-sports-only","tag-red-sox","tag-red-sox-adley-rutschman-orioles","tag-redsox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117210281696676261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}