Baltimore Orioles take down UVA Baseball alum Connelly Early, BoSox, 4-2

Second-inning homers from Coby Mayo and Pete Alonso were the difference for the Baltimore Orioles in a 4-2 win at Boston.

UVA Baseball alum Connelly Early (5-3, 3.267 ERA) got touched up for four runs on six hits in 5.1 innings, striking out six and walking two.

Shane Baz (3-5, 4.29 ERA) continued his recent surge on the mound to get the win for the O’s (29-32, 8.5 GB, AL East) – holding Boston to two runs on four hits in seven innings of work, striking out six and walking two.

Baz, in his last three starts, has a 1.80 ERA/1.00 WHIP in 20 innings.

Baltimore @ Boston: Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. ET (MASN)

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Pitching probables

• BAL: Chris Bassitt (4-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.58 ERA)
• BOS: Payton Tolle (2-2, 2.61 ERA, 0.90 WHIP)

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Hitters to watch: Baltimore

• C Samuel Basallo: 9 HRs, 25 RBIs, .282 BA/.852 OPS
• C Adley Rutschman: 7 HRs, 29 RBIs, .253 BA/.799 OPS
• 1B Pete Alonso: 12 HRs, 38 RBIs, .241 BA/.769 OPS
• SS Gunnar Henderson: 13 HRs, 31 RBIs, .220 BA/.700 OPS

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Hitters to watch: Boston

• 1B Willson Contreras: 11 HRs, 33 RBIs, .281 BA/.879 OPS
• RF Wilyer Abreu: 6 HRs, 25 RBIs, .280 BA/.766 OPS
• LF Jarren Duran: 10 HRs, 33 RBIs, .219 BA/.701 OPS
• CF Ceddane Rafaela: 5 HRs, 23 RBIs, .279 BA/.774 OPS