O's fall to Red Sox on Memorial Day

A sellout crowd enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Camden Yards. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Memorial Day featured several great MLB matchups on the calendar. One of these included a battle between first and second place rivals from the American League East: the Baltimore Orioles against the Boston Red Sox from a packed Camden Yards in Baltimore. The Sox dominated and won 7-2.

Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead with RBIs by Xander Bogaerts. The first one came on a fielder's choice in the first inning. Then in the third Bogarets doubled to left field to score Mookie Betts.  

Baltimore struck back in the fifth. Nolan Reimold led off with a triple. Ryan Flaherty followed with a double on a sharp ground ball into left field. Caleb Joseph singled and moved Flaherty to third. Adam Jones sent Flaherty home with a sacrifice fly into right field to tie the game at 2.

That was as close as the Orioles would get. The Red Sox clubbed three home runs. Jackie Bradley hit a solo shot in the sixth. In the eighth David Ortiz hit a solo shot, then with two on Marco Hernandez hit his first home run of his career with a three run shot. 

The teams continue their four game series on Tuesday night with a 7:05 first pitch.