Red Sox manager Alex Cora said, "We might need to make decisions based on the roster on what we need not only tomorrow but in the upcoming days."

Marcelo Mayer, Boston’s No. 2 overall prospect, was promoted to the Red Sox and needed to get a ride to Fenway Park to start against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.

The Boston Red Sox, who entered Saturday at 26-26, will call up infielder Marcelo Mayer, 22, the No. 6 prospect in baseball and a central part of their future who they hope can play a role in their push for a postseason berth this year,

Instant reactions from the Red Sox’ 2-1 loss to Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 of a doubleheader Saturday at Fenway Park:

Even after years of envisioning what his MLB debut might be like, Marcelo Mayer never thought it would happen the way it did on Saturday.

Over time, Saturday could be remembered as the day the Red Sox called up star prospect Marcelo Mayer from the minors. But the Sox still had business to take of as Mayer made his way from Worcester to Boston for the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Orioles.

Game 1 of this series was postopined yesterday, which came at a bad time for Baltimore. The Orioles are coming off a 8-4 wn in extra innings that snapped a eight-game losing streak. Morton takes the mound for the O’s and they are 0-12 in his starts this season.

Less than two hours before the American League East rivals were due to play the second game of their Saturday doubleheader, Rafael Devers’ 10th inning RBI single – his second walk-off of the home stand – completed a 6-5 win.