BALTIMORE — Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock smiled at pitching coach Andrew Bailey after escaping a major jam in the eighth inning Monday.

Whitlock allowed a leadoff double to Gunnar Henderson but then struck out the next three hitters to preserve Boston’s one-run lead. He helped the Red Sox secure a 4-3 win over the Orioles here at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

“That one really didn’t have to do with the moment,” Whitlock said about smiling at Bailey. “That was just me and him like smiling because he always jokes with me that I never show emotion. And he’s always kinda checking like, ‘Are you OK?’ Or ‘Why didn’t you show emotion?’ And so now it’s just more of an inside joke that like when I don’t show emotion, I’ll give him a little smile and he’s like, ‘Hey, there’s your emotion.’”

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