The Boston Red Sox earned their third win of the season on Thursday, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 at Camden Yards. The Orioles dropped to 3-4 with the lo

Casas entered the game 2-for-21 with no extra-base hits. He belted a 377-foot two-run homer to left-center field in the seventh inning to put Boston ahead 7-3. And he did it against a left-hander (Keegan Akin).

Cora said it in Spanish though. “He knows when I talk to him in Spanish, it means something," Cora said. “And he felt like he was actually being aggressive. And I was like, ‘You look passive at the plate.’ So just let it eat.” Cora said Casas’ final at-bat Wednesday was a good one. He singled to center field on a 2-2 slider.

Orioles starter Charlie Morton recorded 10 strikeouts but allowed two home runs in an 8-4 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday.

Red Sox baseball is back in Boston, with the team hosting its home opener Friday. The Red Sox are coming off their first series win of the season against Baltimore, and a major part of that was Boston’s new ace,

The Red Sox won two of three against the Orioles and will head to Fenway Park for the first time this season. Walker Buehler will be on the mound for Boston.

It wasn't a necessity, of course, but an Opening Day home run for newly minted Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman would have nicely cemented the start of his career in Boston, with whom he signed in February following a nine-year stint with the Houston Astros.

Alex Bregman hit his first home run for the Boston Red Sox in Thursday's win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.