Even whereas taking part in a few of their finest baseball, the Orioles hinted at their want for reduction assist. Their eight-game profitable streak was not freed from bullpen blemishes, however they managed to cowl them up.
They weren’t as succesful in Monday’s 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Chris Taylor’s sixth-inning grand slam off right-hander Bryan Baker leading to Baltimore’s first loss in virtually two weeks and exemplifying its want for center reduction assist earlier than the approaching commerce deadline.
The Orioles (57-36) entered the decisive body with a 4-1 lead as prime pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez pitched successfully in his return to the majors. In his first inning again with Baltimore since a disastrous outing in late May in opposition to the Texas Rangers, Rodriguez threw six straight fastballs of not less than 100 mph after by no means topping 99.3 mph in his first huge league stint. He remained within the higher 90s for the remainder of his outing, however his changeup was significantly a weapon in a two-strikeout third inning.
The Dodgers lastly acquired to Rodriguez within the fourth with the Orioles main 3-0, two singles bookending a stroll plated a run.
Ryan Mountcastle doubled in a run within the first, and after Adam Frazier’s RBI groundout within the second, Gunnar Henderson laced a run-scoring triple down the sphere line to construct Baltimore’s lead.
Henderson practically added a house run to his line within the fifth, however the ball stopped on the warning observe. Adley Rutschman adopted with a solo shot that narrowly cleared the out-of-town scoreboard in proper.
The third time by means of the order wasn’t variety to Rodriguez. The closing out of the highest of the fifth inning got here when Mookie Betts singled however heart fielder Aaron Hicks threw him out as he tried to stretch it to a double. The first three batters of the sixth reached on a triple, RBI single and stroll and ended Rodriguez’s day after five-plus innings. In 11 main league begins, the previous first-round decide has but to finish the sixth inning.
Baker entered and produced a deep flyout that moved Will Smith, Los Angeles’ lead runner, to 3rd, then one other flyball shallow sufficient to maintain him there. He acquired forward 0-2 on Jason Hayward however threw 4 of his subsequent 5 pitches out of the zone to load the bases for Taylor. He fouled off 4 straight pitches from Baker to start out the at-bat earlier than sending the right-hander’s fifth providing, a 3rd straight fastball within the zone, into the Orioles’ bullpen in left heart. Two of the 4 runs had been charged to Rodriguez, who has a 7.33 main league ERA.
Even earlier than Baker’s outing, the Orioles’ bullpen had struggled of late when somebody aside from All-Star nearer Félix Bautista was on the mound, coming into Monday with a 5.03 ERA from the sixth to eighth innings because the begin of June.
Baltimore managed little in opposition to the Dodgers’ relievers, with two of their three baserunners over the ultimate 4 innings erased on double performs.
Around the horn
- Outfielder Cedric Mullins was out of the lineup for a second straight recreation after exiting Saturday with proper quadriceps tightness. Manager Brandon Hyde stated the harm shouldn’t be associated to the appropriate groin pressure that brought about Mullins to spend 20 video games on the injured record earlier this month. “He’s a lot better today,” Hyde stated.
- Hyde stated the Orioles are “gauging” subsequent steps with left-hander Cionel Pérez, who’s on the 10-day injured record with forearm tightness. He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in a rehabilitation outing with Double-A Bowie on Saturday.
- To create roster area for Rodriguez, the Orioles optioned reliever Eduard Bazardo to Triple-A Norfolk.
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