Amid a refrain of boos from a soldout Yankee Stadium, Félix Bautista lunged behind the pitcher’s mound.
Those 47,583 followers got here to see historical past Friday night time, however in these moments, they watched the huge Orioles right-hander attempt to shake a leg damage suffered amid a plate look that might decide Baltimore’s postseason destiny.
With first base open, Aaron Judge and his 61 dwelling runs within the field and the tying run at second base, Bautista tried to pitch across the New York Yankees slugger after a gathering on the mound with supervisor Brandon Hyde. But Bautista stumbled after delivering his second pitch to Judge and appeared to harm one thing in his left leg.
Hyde returned to the mound to verify on his nearer. He seemingly was asking the rookie for six outs, one thing Hyde stated he hoped to keep away from over the ultimate stretch after Bautista developed arm fatigue after his earlier two-inning outing. But with the Orioles needing to win every of their remaining six video games to have an opportunity to achieve the playoffs, Hyde referred to as on Bautista after Jordan Lyles gave up a leadoff single on his 106th pitch.
A stolen base amid a strikeout introduced up Judge, who had struck out, singled and walked in opposition to Lyles as he sought to face alone within the American League report books after tying Yankees nice Roger Maris. Hyde got here out for a mound go to, with the Orioles’ infield becoming a member of him round Bautista. After these pitches and transient delay for Bautista to stretch and throw a handful of warmup pitches, he threw one other ball to Judge. At 3-0, the Orioles deliberately walked him.
The leg didn’t appear to hassle Bautista additional within the outing. He struck out Gleyber Torres, who himself had a historic dwelling run binge in opposition to the Orioles in 2019, and obtained a lineout from Anthony Rizzo, who homered thrice in opposition to Baltimore earlier this season. But he didn’t return for the ninth.
Instead, rookie DL Hall pitched an ideal inning to complete off a 2-1 victory for his first profession save and hold the Orioles’ playoff hopes alive — as long as one of many Tampa Bay Rays or Seattle Mariners lose Friday night time.
The Orioles (81-76) scored within the first inning on Ryan Mountcastle’s single and within the sixth on a wild pitch from former Orioles nearer Zack Britton, who instantly left the sport with left arm fatigue. Oswaldo Cabrera’s solo shot within the fifth was Lyles’ lone blemish as he struck out a season-high 9 in seven innings.
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