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.

Thanks to an off-day on the schedule Wednesday, the Red Sox will have some time to ruminate over two games that eluded them in the last three days — Sunday’s bullpen meltdown against Miami and Tuesday’s parade of fumbled chances against the Orioles.