With Eduardo Rodriguez making his season debut Tuesday, Betts and the Red Sox made sure their starter had plenty of early run support. Betts hit a leadoff home run off Orioles starter Kevin Gausman, sending a 1-0 pitch to deep center field for his 10th of the season.
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Three pitches later, Dustin Pedroia launched a 1-1 offering over the fence in left-center field for his seventh home run. It marked the first time the Red Sox led off with back-to-back homers since July 27, 2011, against the Royals.
Betts' second homer of the game
BOS@BAL: Betts drills his second big fly of the game
Mookie Betts ropes a three-run shot down the left-field line, his second dinger of the game, to extend the Red Sox's lead to 5-0
Betts went deep again in his next at-bat in the second. With two on and two out, Betts sent a 2-0 pitch just over the fence down the left-field line for his second multihomer game of the season (May 21 vs. Cleveland).
The three-run shot scored Chris Young and Christian Vazquez and gave Boston a 5-0 lead in the second. Through two innings, Betts was 2-for-2 with two homers and four RBIs. He lined out to second base in the fourth.
Betts' third homer of the game
BOS@BAL: Betts hammers his third dinger of the game
Mookie Betts drills a solo home run to the opposite field in right, his third of the game, to increase the Red Sox's lead to 6-2
Betts went deep again in his next at-bat in the second. With two on and two out, Betts sent a 2-0 pitch just over the fence down the left-field line for his second multihomer game of the season (May 21 vs. Cleveland).
Ben Raby is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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