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Red Sox beat the Orioles 1-0 on Gasper's 1st-inning homer; benches clear in the eighth

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Quillen, I. N. (2026, September 5). Red Sox beat the Orioles 1-0 on Gasper's 1st-inning homer; benches clear in the eighth. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/red-sox-beat-the-orioles-1-0-on-gasper-s-1st-inning-homer-benches-clear-in-the-eighth/article_fee8efff-ed86-51cb-b85c-7a2dd160b838.html

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The Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 on a first-inning home run by Mickey Gasper, who now has eight home runs in his last 16 games. Ranger Suarez pitched seven innings for the Red Sox, allowing five hits and striking out three, while Shane Baz took the loss for the Orioles after giving up four hits and six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. The game's only run came from Gasper's first-inning home run, which cleared the out-of-town scoreboard, and Aroldis Chapman earned his 32nd save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.

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Story summary

The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 on Friday night, thanks to a solo home run by Mickey Gasper in the first inning. This was Gasper's eighth home run this season, and all of his home runs have come in his last 16 games. The game remained close until the eighth inning, when benches cleared after a contentious double play involving Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock and Orioles player Blaze Alexander. Ranger Suarez pitched seven strong innings for the Orioles, allowing only five hits, including four singles off him. In the end, Aroldis Chapman earned his 32nd save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning. The win improved the Red Sox's record to 2-0 in the four-game series against the Orioles.

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Who wrote this

Ian Nicholas Quillen

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🔮 Up next Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (16-4, 2.82 ERA) will try to add to what was an AL-leading wins total entering Friday.

2026-09-05 · assertive framing · Red Sox beat the Orioles 1-0 on Gasper's 1st-inning homer; benches clear in the eighth

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Topics

BALTIMORE Orioles Red Sox the Baltimore Orioles the Boston Red Sox

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Gasper PERSON · 3× Red Sox ORG · 3× BALTIMORE GPE · 2× Baz PERSON · 2× Orioles ORG · 2× Mickey Gasper PERSON · 1× Ranger Suarez PERSON · 1× Suarez PERSON · 1× the Baltimore Orioles ORG · 1× the Boston Red Sox ORG · 1×

Narrative

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mickey Gasper hit a first-inning home run, Ranger Suarez gave up five hits in seven innings, and benches cleared after a contentious eighth-inning double play as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 on Friday night.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-05

🔮 Up next Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (16-4, 2.82 ERA) will try to add to what was an AL-leading wins total entering Friday.

2026-09-05 · Toronto Star

Red Sox beat the Orioles 1-0 on Gasper's 1st-inning homer; benches clear in the eighth · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 0 hedged)

Sox → hit → night

Gasper now has eight home runs this season, all in his last 16 games. asserted

Gasper → have → games

Suarez (6-4) struck out three, walked one and all five hits he allowed were singles. Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his 32nd save of the season and the 399th os his career as Boston improved to 2-0 during this four-game set. asserted

Boston → strike → set

Benches and bullpens emptied in the eighth after Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock induced Luis Robert Jr. into an inning-ending double play and Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story appeared to take issue with Blaze Alexander’s slide into second. asserted

Story → empty → second

Gasper had two of the four hits off Orioles starter Shane Baz (5-15). asserted

Gasper → have → Baz

His first-inning shot off Baz’s first-pitch fastball cleared the out-of-town scoreboard and continued one of baseball’s more unlikely power streaks. asserted

shot → clear → streaks

Before being recalled from Triple-A Worcester on Aug. 16, the 30-year-old Gasper had homered only twice in 240 career at-bats. asserted

Gasper → recall → bats

Baz struck out six and walked two in 6 1/3 innings while tying Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee for the most losses in the majors. asserted

Baz → strike → majors

He has received MLB’s second worst run-support (3.02 runs per 9 IP), ahead of only Bibee. asserted

He → receive → Bibee

Baltimore finished 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position while sinking to a fourth consecutive defeat. asserted

Baltimore → finish → defeat

With the loss, the Orioles lost ground in the chase for the final AL wild-card spot. asserted

Orioles → lose → spot

Up next Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (16-4, 2.82 ERA) will try to add to what was an AL-leading wins total entering Friday. asserted

what → try → Friday

He’ll face O’s veteran righty Chris Bassitt (6-4, 4.97), who will be going for his third straight win. asserted

who → face → win