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No relief for Red Sox as bullpen blows five-run lead in loss to Orioles

No relief for Red Sox as bullpen blows five-run lead in loss to Orioles

The Red Sox' Wednesday 7-5 loss to the Orioles included a bullpen meltdown in front of 27,936 fans at Fenway Park. The Sox had a comfortable 5-0 lead after Triston Casas tagged a two-run homer in the fifth, but everything quickly unraveled when Kutter Crawford exited after the inning and Isaiah Campbell took over. The Orioles posted three runs on the Sox reliever, shrinking the deficit to two. Chris Martin, the Sox' best arm out of the bullpen last season, yielded a Ryan O'Hearn one-out single, before walking Ryan Mountcastle, followed by a catcher's interference call against Connor Wong to load the bases.