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Boston Red Sox: 3 young stars shine in Game 68 win at Camden Yards

By Tarringo Basile-vaughan

BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 12: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates a two run home run with Xander Bogaerts #2 in the second inning during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 12, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 12: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates a two run home run with Xander Bogaerts #2 in the second inning during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 12, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
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The Boston Red Sox won their second straight game in Baltimore on Tuesday night behind solid starting pitching and a bit of offensive power.

This three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles is proving to be a nice antidote for the Boston Red Sox current struggles.

On Tuesday night, the team received another solid pitching performance from Eduardo Rodriguez and a reappearance of the offense in the 6-4 victory at Camden Yards.

After surrendering a run in the first inning, the young pitcher got the run support he needed when Rafael Devers popped a two-run blast in the second inning to put the team up 2-1.  In delivering this 10th homer of the season, the Red Sox third baseman appears to be trending in the right direction and out of the season-long struggles he has seen at the plate this season.

Hopefully, this is the start of the type of hot streak Andrew Benintendi has been on over the last month.  After struggling at the plate himself, the promising outfielder has been raking the ball, including a solo home run and 2 RBI to help the team’s offensive output on Tuesday night.

In all, the offense kept the pressure on Orioles pitchers which paid off in scoring the six runs.

As for Rodriguez, his solid 5 2/3 innings pitched was good, but the team needed him to go a little deeper to rest the Red Sox bullpen.  Due to the 12-inning game on Monday, manager Alex Cora needed a little more out of his young pitcher Tuesday night.

"“Eduardo was good; I think the next step for him is to go deeper into the game and to keep that pitch count down,” Cora said, via MLB.com.  “He did the job.  I’m not saying that we’re not pleased with the result, but I feel that there’s more there.  I think the next step is for him to get to six, seven innings – and he can do it.”"

Luckily, Cora was able to rely on his bullpen once again.  Hector Velazquez, Joe Kelly and Matt Barnes combined to pitch scoreless innings after Rodriguez was lifted.  Craig Kimbrel got the save after giving up a 2-run double in the ninth. 

Overall, it was a good victory led by three of the Boston Red Sox young stars.

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