Red Sox Shutout Baltimore 5-0 to Move Within 4 Games of 1st Place [VIDEO]

Lucas Giolito was dominant on Tuesday night, August 26th, pitching 8-innings of 4 hit baseball as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 in Baltimore. The win moved the Red Sox withing 4 games of 1st place in the AL East.

Giolito struck out 8, and walked just 1 throwing 104 pitches. The win moved his record to 9-2.

Justin Wilson pitched the 9th inning, allowing 2 hits and striking out 2.

Trevor Story put Boston on the scoreboard with a solo homer in the 2nd inning. It was his 21st home run of the season, and his 200th career home run. He finished 2-4.

David Hamilton was 2-3 with a double and a solo home run in the 3rd inning. The homer was his 4th of the season. He drove in 3 runs in the game.

Roman Anthony, batting leadoff was 2-4.

Boston was 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left 4 runners on base.

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Boston is now 73-60 and 4.0 games behind the 1st place Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox own the top spot in the AL Wildcard.

Boston and Baltimore will play the 3rd game of the 4-game series on Wednesday night, August 27th with the pregame starting at 5:35 p.m. and 1st pitch at 6:35 on AM 1370 WDEA.

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