BALTIMORE _ Wednesday's Orioles-Red Sox game was a washout that might create headaches later in the schedule, but erased them for Orioles starter Dylan Bundy.
The Orioles were trailing 5-0 in the rubbermatch of a three-game series with Boston after Bundy allowed a pair of solo home runs in the first inning and a three-run homer to Mookie Betts just before the rain came with two outs in the top of the second.
After a delay that lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes, the game was postponed. None of the stats count, and a makeup date for a full nine-inning game will be announced shortly.
Bundy will be thankful for that.
While Andrew Benintendi and J.D. Martinez hit back-to-back shots in the first, the home run by Betts was particularly frustrating, considering left fielder Trey Mancini dropped a shallow fly ball to allow leadoff man Rafael Devers to reach base. Betts' home run also came with two outs.
So, Bundy was forced inside with his teammates as a flash flood warning hit Baltimore and the Red Sox were well on their way to a series win at "Bark at Oriole Park" night.
The Orioles and Red Sox talked about mutual days off Monday when the series began _ three rain delays ago _ with Aug. 13 after the Red Sox's last trip to Baltimore an ideal date. They have six mutual days off to play a makeup game the rest of the season.
