ROB Refsnyder and Tyler O’Neill hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning and did the same in the eighth inning to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 12-3 on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
By going deep in the first inning off Baltimore starter Cade Povich and in the eighth against Cole Irvin, Refsnyder and O’Neill became the second pair of Red Sox players to have two sets of back-to-back homers in the same game. Mo Vaughn and Tim Naehring accomplished the feat on April 19, 1994, against the Oakland A’s.
Refsnyder had four hits and five RBIs in the win. O’Neill and Rafael Devers each added three hits for the Red Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela collected two hits and four RBIs. Boston starter Brayan Bello (13-7) gave up two runs on three hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Povich (2-8) allowed four runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Baltimore’s Anthony Santander hit his 40th homer of the season and had three RBIs.
In other games, it was the Guardians 5, White Sox 3; Reds 1, Braves 0; Yankees 10, Royals 4; Phillies 2, Rays 1; Pirates 3, Marlins 2; Mets 3, Blue Jays 2; and Angels 6, Twins 2.
Guardians 5, White Sox 3
Rookie Joey Cantillo took a perfect-game bid into the seventh inning and David Fry and Bo Naylor homered as visiting Cleveland defeated Chicago.
Cantillo, recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Columbus, retired the first 20 batters he faced before Andrew Benintendi singled with two outs in the seventh.
Cantillo (1-3) gave up one run and two hits in seven innings to go along with 10 strikeouts and no walks. Emmanuel Clase got his 43rd save. Bryan Ramos hit his first career homer for Chicago. White Sox opener Jared Shuster (1-4) allowed three runs in 2 2/3 innings.
Reds 1, Braves 0
Nick Martinez fired seven sharp innings on Monday, pitching Cincinnati to a win at Atlanta. The game was the makeup of a postponement from July 24.
The Reds scored the game’s only run in the second inning on a Ty France opposite-field double that drove home TJ Friedl. Martinez (8-6) retired 17 consecutive batters until Matt Olson beat out an infield grounder with one out in the seventh inning. Martinez allowed just two hits.
Charlie Morton (8-8) allowed one run on six hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings as Atlanta fell a game behind the New York Mets in the race for the final National League wild-card spot.
