The Baltimore Orioles (7-4) are off to a hot start again in 2024 and on Thursday they go for a sweep of the division rival Boston Red Sox (7-5). It may be early in the season, but the AL East looks like it’s going to be a gauntlet yet again so divisional wins are important even in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boston should be going for a series win on Thursday but they couldn’t not hold on to a 5-0 lead on Wednesday, allowing Baltimore to score three runs in the 6th and four in the 7th as the Orioles picked up a 7-5 victory<\/a>. That’s still a better showing for the Sox than Tuesday’s 7-1 loss, where Boston’s bullpen again imploded allowing four runs in the 7th inning and later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Orioles will go for the sweep behind Grayson Rodriguez<\/strong> (2-0, 2.19 ERA) who has been sharp in his first two outings of the year. Rodriguez gave up 1 ER to the Angels in his first start of the season and followed that up with 6.1 IP of 2 ER ball in a win at Pittsburgh last Friday. Rodriguez has also been the benefactor of some solid run support, as Baltimore has scored a total of 18 runs in his two starts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n