Salem overcame a disastrous top of the first inning and held a two-run lead over Lynchburg heading into the ninth inning Sunday.
The Hillcats bookended a three-run first inning with a three-run ninth as they rallied to claim a 6-5 win over the Red Sox before an announced crowd of 1,795 at Salem Memorial Ballpark.
The Red Sox (22-33) lost the final three games of the series after winning two out of the first three.
Salem overcame the early three-run deficit by scoring once in the first, once in the second and three times in the sixth to take a 5-3 lead.
Kelvin Diaz homered and drove in two runs. Yohander Linarez also drove in two runs.
Starter Ben Hansen surrendered three runs in the first inning. Hansen, Jay Allmer and Adam Bates settled in and kept Lynchburg off the scoreboard for the next seven innings.
Manuel Medina (1-2) suffered his second blown save of the season by allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits in the ninth inning.
Salem was retired in order in the ninth.
On Saturday, the Hillcats (35-22) scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to claim a 10-5 win.
The Red Sox took a 5-4 lead after scoring twice in the sixth and three times in the seventh.
Natanael Yuten had an RBI single in the sixth inning and a two-run single in the seventh for his fourth three-RBI performance of the season.
Joe Vogatsky (0-2) and Nathanael Cruz were unable to hold onto the one-run lead after combining to allow six runs on seven hits in the eighth and ninth innings.
