Bogaerts Walkoff Single In Ninth Inning Leads Red Sox Past Orioles

By HOWARD ULMAN

AP Sports Writer

  BOSTON (AP) – Xander Bogaerts blooped a winning single with one out in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox won a game that included a couple of much harder hits, edging the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Friday night.

    Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez held the Red Sox hitless for 3 2-3 innings before being ejected when he plunked Pablo Sandoval with a pitch.

    In the second, Sandoval took out second baseman Jonathan Schoop with a hard slide on a force play. Sandoval missed Boston’s previous game Wednesday, a day after bruising his left foot when he was hit by a pitch.

    Mike Napoli began the ninth with a walk from Brian Matusz (0-1) and Daniel Nava sacrificed. Tommy Hunter relieved, and Bogaerts hit a ball over Schoop and in front of right fielder Travis Snider.

    Napoli easily beat the throw home on Boston’s fourth hit of the game.

    Koji Uehara (1-0) struck out two in a perfect ninth for the win.

 

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