Sept. 10 – Rob Refsnyder and Tyler O’Neill hit consecutive home runs in the third inning and did the same in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 12–3 on Monday.
Refsnyder’s two-run homer broke a 1–1 tie in the third inning and O’Neill singled to extend Boston’s lead to 4–1. Both long balls were aimed at Baltimore starter Cade Povich.
Refsnyder and O’Neill then hit two solo home runs against Cole Irvin in the eighth inning.
Refsnyder had four hits and five RBI in the win. O’Neill and Rafael Devers each had three hits for the Red Sox (73-71). Seden Rafaela had two hits and scored four runs.
Povich (2-8) allowed four runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He had five strikeouts and two walks.
Anthony Sanchez homered for Baltimore (82-63), his 40th of the season. The right fielder had two hits and drove in three runs in the loss.
Boston starter Brian Bello (13-7), who improved to 3-1 on the season against Baltimore, exited with one out in the sixth inning. He allowed two runs on three hits, drove in five walks and struck out five. Josh Winckowski earned his second save by allowing one run in three innings.
Henderson doubled and Sanchez singled to give the Orioles a 1–0 lead. The Red Sox tied the game in the bottom of the first when Devers scored from third on O’Neill’s grounder.
Home runs by Refsnid and O’Neill gave the Red Sox a three-run lead, but Colton Cowser scored on Sánchez’s tying run in the fourth to make the score 4–2.
In the sixth inning, the Red Sox were ahead 8–2. Rafaela hit a single, scoring Romy Gonzalez and Connor Wong, then Rafaela hit a single, scoring Danny Jansen and Rafaela.
Sánchez hit a home run in the seventh inning, increasing Boston’s lead to 8–3.
Boston scored two more runs in the seventh when Raffaella’s two-run double scored Jensen and Trevor Story. Refsnyder (No. 11) and O’Neill (No. 29) hit their second home runs of the game in the eighth inning, making the score 12–3.
The only other occasion when two Boston players hit consecutive home runs in the same game was when Mo Vaughn and Tim Naehring accomplished the feat against the Oakland Athletics on April 19, 1994.
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