Orioles blitzed by Red Sox, 10-1, lose ground in AL wild-card race

Boston got homers from David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia, and seven and two-thirds shutout innings from Henry Owens, in hammering Baltimore, 10-1, Wednesday night at Camden Yards.

Owens (3-2, 4.33 ERA) gave up six hits and struck out four. O’s starter Mike Wright (2-5, 6.33 ERA) took the loss, giving up six runs on six hits in three innings of work.

Ortiz hit his 35^th homer of the season, and Pedroia hit two home runs, his 11^th and 12^th, for the Red Sox.

Baltimore (71-74) is six games out of the second American League wild-card spot.