BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — One run. That was the night for Mid-Shore Orioles listeners: Boston 1, Baltimore 0 on Friday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, per the official MLB Gameday final and boxscore for the Sept. 4 contest.

Mickey Gasper’s solo home run in the top of the first — a fly ball to right field, his eighth of the season — was the only run scored. Red Sox left-hander Ranger Suárez worked seven scoreless innings (five hits, one walk, three strikeouts) for the win. Garrett Whitlock threw a scoreless eighth. Aroldis Chapman finished the ninth for his 32nd save (career save No. 399, per the MLB.com game coverage).

Orioles starter Shane Baz took the loss after 6 1/3 innings: four hits, one earned run, two walks, six strikeouts. The Gasper homer was the only run charged to him. Baltimore collected six hits and committed two errors but did not score. Blaze Alexander went 3-for-4. The Orioles left six runners on base. Boston finished with five hits and no errors. Attendance 19,821. First pitch 7:08 p.m. Game time 2 hours, 31 minutes, according to the official boxscore.

The loss was Baltimore’s fourth in a row (Sept. 1–2 at Colorado, then Sept. 3–4 vs. Boston), dropping the Orioles to 69-73. Boston improved to 77-65 and took a 2-0 lead in the four-game set. Game three was scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, at 7:05 p.m. ET at Camden Yards, with Red Sox right-hander Sonny Gray listed opposite Orioles right-hander Chris Bassitt on the official MLB schedule.