BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox turned “Bullpen Day” into a banner day.

Utilizing a 35-year-old making his first career start and a collection of colleagues behind him, the Red Sox surprisingly picked up their second straight shutout over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at Fenway Park, winning by an 8-0 margin. In doing so, they followed up a victory for the ages on Friday that featured a few notable individual efforts with the ultimate team win.

“There was timely hitting, solid defense,” interim manager Torey Lovullo said. “Not one thing stands out offensively, it was just a solid team effort and one of those special moments for Bres.”

Bres, of course, is 35-year-old Craig Breslow, whose first career start after 522 relief appearances resulted in four solid frames. While several contributed to the cause, the lefty’s effort was at the top of the heap.

“It was [fun]. Now that it’s done and it went pretty well it was a lot of fun,” said Breslow, who allowed two hits and struck out two in his longest career outing. “At the time I was consumed with some other things, but it was a lot of fun. I don’t know how many guys make 500 some-odd relief appearances and get a chance to start in their first big league game.”

Breslow threw 55 pitches. He said he did not lobby all that much to come out for the fifth, knowing he was at his limit.

Six other relievers got the Sox to the finish line, including a two-inning outing for Matt Barnes and single frames for Heath Hembree and Jonathan Aro. Each hurler received some pretty solid defense behind them and the Boston bats woke up late to turn it into a laugher for the second straight night.

Between Rich Hill's two-hit gem Friday night and Saturday’s collective effort, Boston picked up consecutive shutouts for the first time since 2011 and did so at home for the first time since 2006.

While there was a bit of novelty to this one, the long-term value of everyone’s contributions was not lost on the man who had to steer the ship.

“You know you have your backs against the wall when you have a pen day,” Lovullo said. “You know it’s going to be a little bit of a challenge. You’re one or two moments away from really digging deep into that bullpen and making it tough in the coming days. But they all stepped up and did a good job.”

Lovullo gave credit to Baltimore manager Buck Showalter for creating a lineup that made it difficult for Lovullo to play matchups.

“No matter what the scenario was, our guys came in and delivered, and they deserve a lot of credit,” he said.

So, too, does the makeshift lineup that featured no David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia as the designated hitter and Travis Shaw and Rusney Castillo as an unlikely 4-5 tandem. Six different men had hits, five scored at least one run and the group as a whole made the most of the Orioles’ three errors.

“Good all-around win for us, offensively, defensively and on the mound,” said third baseman Brock Holt, who singled in a run, walked and scored twice.

Boston has clinched a win in its final home series of the season by routing a Baltimore team that may have entertained thoughts of hanging around the wild-card race heading into the final week of the regular season. It has done so behind one 35-year-old lefty making his first career start in Fenway Park (and third overall since 2009) and another who was throwing the first pitch for the first-time ever in a major league game (as well as his mates in the bullpen). Fifteen runs from an increasingly energized, exciting and effective lineup has been the perfect complement.

It’s all part of two special, and unlikely, days at Fenway that seem to signal a pretty special bond brewing in Boston.

“Just a great team effort,” Lovullo said.