The Red Sox split the series, 2-2, against the last-place Orioles who are just 18-34. Boston dropped to a game below .500 (27-28).

Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman left Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox in the top of the fifth inning after taking a hard foul ball off his mask two innings earlier.

The Red Sox are down two of their mainstay veteran infielders and a third is struggling badly, so rookies are taking centerstage.

Struggling shortstop Trevor Story is not in the Red Sox lineup Sunday. He's 14-for-105 (.133) with two extra-base hits in 26 games since April 22.

After Duran touched home plate and the television cameras panned around rain-soaked Fenway Park to find celebrating fans, one dancing fan appeared with a jug of milk in his hand. Maybe the first clue should’ve been his Indianapolis 500 T-shirt, in a shade of green to match the Red Sox’s City Connect jerseys.

Over time, Saturday could be remembered as the day the Red Sox called up star prospect Marcelo Mayer from the minors. But the Sox still had business to take of as Mayer made his way from Worcester to Boston for the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Orioles.

A large majority of Red Sox fans here at Fenway Park stood for Marcelo Mayer‘s first major league at-bat Saturday. Meanwhile, Roman Anthony crushed a 116 mph homer at Worcester.