Under the floor of certainly one of their greatest offensive performances of the season, the Orioles ended Tuesday night time quietly. Adam Frazier’s RBI single within the sixth inning marked their season-high seventeenth hit. They didn’t report one other.
That streak prolonged late into Wednesday night time’s 3-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Adley Rutschman’s single to open the seventh inning marked Baltimore’s first hit off right-hander José Berríos, who largely cruised over 7 2/3 scoreless frames to finish the Orioles’ five-game profitable streak.
Baltimore (42-25) threatened within the ninth, with three straight two-out singles off Blue Jays nearer Jordan Romano doubling their hit whole and plating their first run. But the late effort wasn’t sufficient for Baltimore right-hander Kyle Bradish to keep away from being a hard-luck loser. Despite permitting just one run in seven innings, Bradish fell to 0-9 in 17 profession begins towards American League East opponents.
The lone run off him got here within the sixth, when George Springer hammered a changeup at 107.8 mph over Camden Yards’ deep left area wall for a solo residence run. It was the second and final changeup Bradish threw amongst his 98 pitches Wednesday night time; the primary was additionally hit laborious, a 105 mph lineout by Daulton Varsho to finish the primary inning.
Bradish held the Blue Jays hitless in that body and the 2 that adopted earlier than Bo Bichette started the fourth with the primary of 4 hits Bradish allowed. He managed just one strikeout but in addition walked none in his longest outing of the 12 months.
Berríos likewise pitched to contact. He retired the primary 12 Orioles with out putting any of them out, then sat down Ryan O’Hearn to open the fifth. Austin Hays walked to grow to be Baltimore’s first base runner, solely to be caught stealing second as Berríos confronted the minimal by means of 5.
Ramón Urías was hit with a pitch with two outs within the sixth, mentioning reigning AL Player of the Week Gunnar Henderson, whose grand slam in Tuesday’s victory was one of many Orioles’ 4 residence runs and his fifth lengthy ball of June. A full-count slurve from Berríos caught sufficient of the strike zone to be deemed strike three, giving him six scoreless innings on 66 pitches.
Rutschman smacked one other slurve into heart for a clear single to open the seventh, however Berríos retired the following three Orioles. With Bradish out of the sport, the Blue Jays (38-31) added two runs within the eighth towards Baltimore’s bullpen. Danny Coulombe, making his first look since June 6, retired not one of the three batters he confronted, with Mike Baumann inheriting two and permitting one to attain on a double by Bichette after forcing a double play.
Frazier and Urías singled off Berríos within the eighth, prompting Toronto supervisor John Schneider to usher in left-hander Tim Mayza to face Henderson. An eight-pitch battle ended with Henderson grounding out to quick, coming simply shy of beating Bichette’s throw and loading the bases for Rutschman. He slammed his helmet in frustration.
Added to the roster earlier than the sport, Reed Garrett pitched a scoreless high of the ninth in his Orioles debut. After retiring the primary two Orioles he confronted within the ninth, Romano allowed three straight singles — the final by Aaron Hicks drove in a run and prolonged his on-base streak as an Oriole to 12 video games — however Frazier struck out to finish the sport.
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