BALTIMORE (AP) — Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.

After Keegan Akin (4-4) worked out of a jam in the eighth to preserve a one-run lead, the left-hander couldn’t contain Boston in the ninth.

Jarren Duran led off with a single and Rafaela followed with a towering fly that cleared the wall in left-center.

An apparent miscommunication between Duran and Rafaela helped Baltimore take a 2-1 lead in the seventh. After Baltimore’s Dylan Beavers drew a two-out walk, Dylan Carlson hit a liner that landed at the base of the wall between the two Boston outfielders, each of whom appeared unsure who was going to try to make the catch.

Boston starter Brayan Bello allowed two runs, one e

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