YouTube The Baltimore Orioles have extended Samuel Basallo a week into his major league career. The 21-year-old reportedly agreed to an eight-year, $67 million extension that can max out at $88.5 million with incentives.

The Baltimore Orioles blew a late lead, but then beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in 11 innings on Samuel Basallo's RBI.

If the Red Sox keep playing like this, though, it threatens to be an awfully short October — assuming they qualify. The Sox dropped another stunner, 4-3, in 11 innings to the Orioles, after leaving the bases loaded in the eighth, ninth, and 10th innings.

The Orioles have won three consecutive series against teams in playoff position after sweeping the Red Sox in a wild game Tuesday.

BOSTON — Over the course of a long season, there are often multiple candidates for worst loss of the year. Only a few days ago, the Red Sox squandered a two-run lead with six outs to go. And the fact that they’ve been walked off 11 times on the road is a reminder that there’s plenty of competition for the title.

A squirrel ran onto the field during Friday night's game between the Yankees and the Red Sox and caused a brief delay.

Walker Buehler has said all the right things about his struggles for the Boston Red Sox this year. Unfortunately, he just never got the job done on the mound. B

It's Tuesday, August 19 and the Orioles (57-67) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (68-57). Tomoyuki Sugano is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Walker Buehler for Boston. The Orioles hot streak continued with a 6-3 victory over the Red Sox on Monday night to take control of the two-game series.