The Boston Red Sox overcame a rough outing by left-hander Henry Owens to beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 on Thursday.
Owens, who is competing for a spot in Boston’s starting rotation, lasted just 2 2-3 innings in his fourth appearance this spring. He gave up three runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts and two hit batters.
Baltimore right-hander Vance Worley went 3 1-3 innings, giving up six runs, four earned, on eight hits with no walks, one strikeout and one home run.
Baltimore opened the scoring in the second when Dariel Alvarez led off with triple and scored on Paul Janish’s sacrifice fly.
Sam Travis put the Red Sox ahead in the bottom of the inning with a three-run homer, his second of the spring. Travis had two hits and four RBIs in the game and is batting .591, going 13 for 22 with 13 RBIs in 14 games.
One of the hits Owens allowed was a three-run home run to Christian Walker, his fourth homer of the spring, with no outs in the third inning.
The Red Sox scored three runs in the fourth on four singles and an error by Walker at first base.
Notes — Boston has split-squad games today. against Minnesota and Tampa Bay.
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