Red Sox Sweep Orioles With 2-0 Win
BOSTON -- Henry Owens tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out five as the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 2-0 win Sunday.
It was the Red Sox's third straight shutout in as many days, in the final regular season game at Fenway Park.
Owens, a rookie left-hander, departed to a standing ovation from the Fenway faithful with two outs in the eighth after allowing just three hits and a walk in his 10th career start. Owens (4-3) also held the Orioles scoreless on six hits and zero walks in a 7 2/3-inning victory Sept. 16.
Boston (75-80) scored 17 runs over the weekend against Baltimore (76-79), which committed an uncharacteristic five errors and further fell out of contention for an American League wild card spot.
Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart hit a solo home run and second baseman Brock Holt scored a run. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts had the only multi-hit day for Boston, going 2-for-3.
Boston left-hander Robbie Ross Jr. earned his sixth save with a clean ninth.
Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (12-10) earned the loss, surrendering both runs on six hits and a walk while striking outs over seven innings.
Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado was 2-for-4 and center fielder Adam Jones was 1-for-3 in his return to the lineup after missing time with a back injury.
Jimenez coughed up a first-inning run for the seventh time in 14 starts since the All-Star break as Red Sox third baseman Brock Holt walked and later scored on a wild pitch.
Swihart's third-inning homer landed in the Boston bullpen in right-center, making it 2-0.
