BALTIMORE -- The Boston Red Sox are getting the kind of pitching and hitting that is keeping them in the battle for the American League East title

Jackie Bradley Jr. and Sandy Leon both hit two-run homers, and David Price threw six strong innings as the Boston Red Sox scored their sixth straight win with a rain-shortened 8-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.

The game was stopped after six innings due to rain and, after a delay of one hour, 17 minutes, it was called final.

The Red Sox (67-52) moved into second place with this victory, which wrapped up a sweep of the two-game series with the Orioles. They now are one game behind Toronto (69-52), while Baltimore (66-53) slipped back into third place, two games out.

Boston is facing a difficult road schedule in the final six weeks, and manager John Farrell said his team needs to keep rolling, starting with a 1:08 p.m. game in Detroit Thursday.

"We're playing good baseball," Farrell said. "There's a lot of games left to play. We've got still a challenging road ahead. We've got a lot of games left in the division. So, yeah, for today it's a good spot, but we've got to wake up early and strap it on at one (o'clock) tomorrow."

Bradley finished with four RBIs, as he hit his homer in the third and added a two-run double in the sixth. Leon added his two-run homer in the fifth. Mookie Betts went 2-for-3 with three runs scored.

Bradley now has hit three homers in the last four games. He has reached 20 homers for the first time in his career.

"I'm a work in progress," Bradley said. "(I'm) just going to continue to work, minimize the slumps and continue to try to put together some consistent at-bats. Sometimes you might hit the ball hard, you're not going to get the results you always want. But as long as the preparation that you put in before the game is consistent, it gives you a chance to perform at a high level."

David Ortiz added his 1,496th RBI as a member of the Red Sox with a seventh-inning double. If he reaches 1,500, Ortiz would join Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only Boston players to get to that level.

Price (11-8) allowed one run on four hits in the six innings, winning his second straight start. The left-hander struck out four without a walk and is starting to pitch more like he did early in the season. Price started the year 7-1 before stumbling a bit and drawing some criticism -- something the veteran said he won't pay attention to.

"I made good pitches," Price said. "I just don't listen to the outside noise. I'm just going to continue to plug forward and don't care about any of the other stuff."

Baltimore starter Dylan Bundy (6-4) ran into trouble for the first time since his first start. The rookie allowed the two homers and five runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Bundy rolled his ankle on the mound while making a pitch in the third and appeared to struggle after that. But Bundy said the ankle felt fine, and Boston simply kept hitting him.

"I threw some good pitches and they still hit them," Bundy said. "So, it's just one of those nights. Just got to learn from it and get better from here."

Manager Buck Showalter also was optimistic that his young right-hander's ankle would heal.

"He said he felt fine," Showalter said. "We'll see how he is tomorrow. He said he's OK; he's done it before."

The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the second on a Travis Shaw RBI single. Shaw's hit drove in Bradley, who was hit by a Bundy pitch with one out in the inning.

They almost added to the lead but Baltimore left fielder Hyun Soo Kim made a diving catch of a Dustin Pedroia line drive with two outs and the bases loaded. That catch proved even more important when Chris Davis tied the game with his solo homer in the bottom of the inning.

Boston then used its power to take the lead. Bradley gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead in the third with his two-run, two-out homer off Bundy.

Leon stretched it to 5-1 in the fifth with his two-run shot, and that ended Bundy's night. Boston added three more in the sixth before the rains came.

NOTES: RHP Chris Tillman will officially start on Saturday versus Houston. Tillman had been slated to start Wednesday's game but manager Buck Showalter pushed him back to Saturday due to some shoulder issues. The right-hander said before the game that the shoulder is feeling much better. ... OF Joey Rickard's injured thumb will remain in a splint for another two to three weeks after he saw the doctor Wednesday. He'll likely be back with the Orioles at some point in September. ... Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez felt better on Wednesday, manager John Farrell said before the game. Rodriguez started Tuesday's game but left after two pitches in the fifth inning due to hamstring tightness. Farrell said Rodriguez remains in line to start Sunday. ... RHP Steven Wright (shoulder) could get to the mound Saturday in a bullpen session and be ready to come off the disabled list Tuesday, according to Farrell.