Cedric Mullins hits 2 HRs, drives in 3 and the Orioles beat the Red Sox 5-3

BOSTON (AP) — Cedric Mullins hit two homers and drove in three runs, Albert Suárez gave up one run and struck out a career-best eight over six innings and the Baltimore Orioles held off the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.

Adley Rutschman added a two-run single for the Orioles, who won for the only the second time in six games as they attempt to catch the AL East-leading New York Yankees.

Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida each had an RBI double for Boston, which has lost seven of its last 11 in its pursuit of Minnesota for the AL’s third wild-card spot.

Boston’s Tyler O’Neill went 0 fox 3 with three strikeouts after hitting two homers in a victory on Monday.

With Gunnar Henderson on first after a walk in the third, Mullins hit a cutter from Kutter Crawford (8-14) deep into the right-field seats to make it 3-0. It was his fifth career multi-homer game, the last coming against Toronto on June 19, 2021.

Coming off his second-worst start of the season when he gave up six runs in 4 1/3 innings last Wednesday against the White Sox, the 34-year-old Suárez (8-5) allowed four hits and two walks.

Seranthony Domínguez got the final three outs for his 10th save.

Casas’ double off the Green Monster sliced it to 3-1 in the fourth. It was Boston’s first run off Suárez this season after he shut them out over six innings in Camden Yards on Aug. 18.

Yoshida doubled off Yennier Cano in the eighth and Cano balked in a run, making it 5-3.

Crawford lost his fifth straight start, giving up three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and a walk. In the five starts, the Red Sox have scored two runs when he’s been in the game.

Mullins’ first homer hooked around the Pesky Pole in the first inning. Right fielder Wilyer Abreu looked like he was going to make an easy grab as he headed toward the wall, but he just kept drifting as the ball eventually settled into the seats, an estimated drive of just 334 feet.

Abreu made a nice running, inning-ending running catch before he fell to the ground in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: INF Jordan Westburg (fractured right hand) thought he might be able to start taking batting practice “soon.” Speaking in the clubhouse before the game, he said: “I’m happy how it’s progressing. The past couple of days, I feel like I’ve turned a little bit of corner strength-wise. I’ve been able to grip some weights more.”

Red Sox: Casas was back in the lineup after manager Alex Cora had the left-handed hitter sit against a lefty starting pitcher.

UP NEXT

RHP Dean Kremer (7-9, 4.27 ERA) is slated to start the series finale for the Orioles against Red Sox RHP Nick Pivetta (5-10, 4.38).

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Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman watches his two-RBI single during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. At left is Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford applauds after a fly out catch by outfielder Wilyer Abreu during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu, right, makes the catch on a fly out by Baltimore Orioles' Jackson Holliday during the sixth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. At left is Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fans look up as a bat spins past after Baltimore Orioles' James McCann lost grip on a swing during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins, right, is congratulated by Gunnar Henderson (2) after his two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins watches the fight of his two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins, left, is congratulated by Anthony Santander (25) after his solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.

The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

The indictment detailing the charges was expected to be unsealed Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that Combs would plead not guilty. Agnifilo said he would “fight like hell” to try and get his client released from custody.

Agnifilo said he didn’t have details on the indictment, but that Combs knew it was coming and had relocated to New York two weeks ago in anticipation. Of Combs, he said, “His spirits are good. He’s confident.”

Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.

In November, his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years. She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.

The suit was settled in one day but months later CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”

Combs and his attorneys, however, denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.

Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Cassie, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.”

“We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,” he added.

A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters,” starting when she was a college student in 1994.

The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie and Lampros did.

Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.

In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served about eight years in prison.

This story has been corrected to show that Combs' age is 54, not 58.

Associated Press writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

FILE - Host Sean "Diddy" Combs presents the revolt black excellence award at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)