The Orioles’ first two batters Saturday evening in opposition to the New York Yankees recorded base hits. They had simply two extra the remainder of the sport.
One day after their home-opening win, the Orioles struggled on the plate, recording simply 4 hits in a 4-1 loss.
“It was a 1-1 game there going into the fifth, and bottom line tonight was we just didn’t have a whole lot of offense,” supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned. “We had one run and four hits, so didn’t give ourselves a chance offensively.”
The first inning was a missed alternative to place up a crooked quantity on the heels of their 7-6 win over their American League East rival Friday. Center fielder Cedric Mullins and catcher Adley Rutschman each singled to steer off the sport in opposition to younger Yankees starter Jhony Brito, who was making the second begin of his main league profession.
Brito then obtained behind designated hitter Anthony Santander 3-0 within the rely with runners on the corners. But the Orioles couldn’t capitalize, as Santander hit a sacrifice fly to proper subject, first baseman Ryan Mountcastle grounded right into a fielder’s alternative and shortstop Gunnar Henderson grounded out to 3rd.
“We had first and third with a 3-0 count, nobody out in the first and only got one run there,” Hyde mentioned. “We could’ve got his pitch count up a little bit, but I thought he did a really good job after that of keeping us off balance.”
The Orioles’ solely hits within the remaining eight innings have been singles from Ramón Urías and Adam Frazier within the fifth and seventh, respectively. Brito allowed only one run and three hits in 5 innings.
“He’s got good stuff,” mentioned Terrin Vavra, who went 0-for-3 on the plate however made a diving catch in his second profession begin in proper subject. “He was locating and doing a little reverse counts and missing barrels. Ultimately, it worked out [for Brito].”
Santander’s sacrifice fly gave the Orioles an early 1-0 lead, however the Yankees tied the sport within the fourth inning and added three extra runs within the fifth.
The loss additionally continued the pattern of Orioles beginning pitchers failing to go deep in video games, as left-hander Cole Irvin was pulled after 4 2/3 innings. Irvin, who the Orioles acquired from the Oakland Athletics this offseason, battled by command points (4 walks) to permit three runs.
“We need to go deeper,” Hyde mentioned.
Baltimore (4-4) starters have recorded greater than 15 outs in simply one among eight video games this season: veteran Kyle Gibson’s seven-inning begin in opposition to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
Orioles starters pitched effectively in Texas, with Kyle Bradish and Tyler Wells (who pitched in emergency reduction after the previous’s foot damage), Gibson and Grayson Rodriguez permitting simply 4 runs in 18 2/3 innings. It’s in opposition to AL East foes that the membership’s beginning pitchers have struggled. In 21 2/3 innings in three video games in opposition to the Boston Red Sox and two video games versus the Yankees, Orioles starters have a 9.14 ERA in simply 21 2/3 innings.
Irvin (0-2) gave up an RBI single to Aaron Hicks within the fourth and an RBI double to DJ LeMahieu and a sacrifice fly to Aaron Judge within the fifth. The 29-year-old lefty has allowed 9 runs in 8 2/3 innings in his first two begins as an Oriole, failing to make it by 5 innings in both outing.
“Just a lot of deep counts, not early contact,” Hyde mentioned of Irvin. “He needed more early contact, and hopefully, he can stay in the game longer.”
With the Athletics final season, Irvin recorded 15 or extra outs in 27 of 30 begins, garnering him a popularity as an innings eater — a lovely high quality for an Orioles membership with largely inexperienced starters. His 4 walks have been additionally tied for a career-high — a quantity he reached simply two instances in his 66 begins getting into Saturday.
“I’m definitely not happy with the walks,” Irvin mentioned. “That really cost us an extra inning out of the bullpen. I pride myself on getting deep into ball games, giving the bullpen a day off. I just didn’t do enough today to allow them to rest a little bit more. Walks and deep counts, I wasn’t getting ahead of guys.”
Austin Voth changed Irvin with two outs within the fifth and allowed a solo residence run to Giancarlo Stanton that the Yankees’ designated hitter roped 116.3 mph over Oriole Park’s left subject wall. Voth, who competed for a rotation spot this spring after impressing as a starter final 12 months, has allowed a run in all three of his reduction outings this season.
After permitting the house run, although, Voth recorded six outs and gave up only one hit.
“This was encouraging for me,” Hyde mentioned. “Even though he center-cut one to Stanton, that was a mistake, but besides that was really good. Just really two bad pitches in the two innings he threw, so we need Austin Voth. He was great for us last year, and he’s got really good stuff, and so we need to kind of get him going.”
Keegan Akin adopted Voth with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless reduction, and Mike Baumann pitched a scoreless ninth.
Around the horn
- Manager Brandon Hyde mentioned earlier than the sport that Rodriguez, the Orioles’ high pitching prospect, is “probable” to make his Camden Yards debut Tuesday in opposition to the Oakland Athletics. Rodriguez, who opened the season in Triple-A, made his MLB debut Wednesday in his residence state of Texas in opposition to the Rangers — with scores of family and friends in attendance.
- Shortstop Jorge Mateo didn’t play Saturday due to ankle soreness he’s been coping with the previous few days. Hyde mentioned the ailment isn’t a trigger for concern and that the speedster was out there to come back off the bench.
- Catcher James McCann may return from the injured listing as quickly as Sunday, Hyde mentioned. McCann started the season on the shelf with a left indirect damage. He began his minor league rehabilitation task Friday in High-A Aberdeen and caught seven innings Saturday.
Baltimore Sun reporter Nathan Ruiz contributed to this text.
Yankees at Orioles
Sunday, 1:35 p.m.
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