After falling to the New York Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball, the Boston Red Sox bounced back with a pivotal 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, improving to 4-1 on their current road trip.

Alex Cora went with a bullpen game for the series opener, starting Brennan Bernardino for an inning before handing the ball to Richard Fitts. Fitts was solid in his first Major League start since July 28, allowing three runs on two hits and three walks with six strikeouts over four-plus innings and earning his first win since July 7.

Fitts, who threw 40 of his 68 pitches for strikes, threw just one pitch in the bottom of the sixth before leaving the game with right biceps tightness. Despite coming into the game sooner than expected, Steven Matz relieved him with two scoreless innings.

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