Red Sox beat Orioles 1:0 in the American League on Thursday evening. The game was part of the regular season, played at the home ground of the Orioles. The visitors held on for the win after a tight match.
Yesterday the sides met again and Red Sox won that one 6:5. This time the result went the other way. It was not a high-scoring affair, and the margin was narrow.
Orioles had been on a mixed run lately. They beat Colorado 2:1 on Wednesday, but lost two other games in the same period. The away end never stopped pushing, but it was not enough here.
Red Sox came in with their own patchwork form. They had lost heavily to New York Yankees and struggled against Seattle. But they found a way through against the hosts.
The table goes out of the window in these games, and that is what the result showed. Both teams are fighting for position, and every point matters. The game ended 1:0, and that is all the data gives us.