Orioles nearer Félix Bautista exited within the ninth inning of Friday night time’s sport towards the Colorado Rockies with proper arm discomfort, supervisor Brandon Hyde stated after the comeback win.
One strike away from a save, Bautista fired a 102.3 mph fastball for a ball to Colorado’s Michael Toglia. The 6-foot-8 right-hander fell off to the primary base aspect after releasing the pitch and squeezed his proper hand a number of occasions after he regained his stability.
The Orioles convened on the mound, with head athletic coach Brian Ebel and different members of the Orioles’ employees tending to Bautista. After a minute, he exited the sport. Left-hander Danny Coulombe changed him and wanted only one pitch to strike out Toglia and save the 5-4 victory.
Hyde stated he wouldn’t talk about the extent or nature of Bautista’s arm discomfort. The fifth-year supervisor did say Bautista wasn’t coping with any illnesses and that his All-Star nearer “felt good” earlier than the sport.
“Bautista left the game there with some arm discomfort,” he stated. “He’s still being checked out. I’m not going to discuss it any further than that. We’re going to get a bunch of tests and see how it is.”
Bautista’s exit put a damper on the win — the Orioles’ thirty ninth come-from-behind triumph this 12 months.
“When the best closer in the game leaves the game, that’s never a good feeling,” Hyde stated. “Hopefully he’s OK tomorrow.”
Starting pitcher Cole Irvin and infielder Gunnar Henderson, the latter of whom was the hero Friday together with his go-ahead two-run homer within the eighth inning, stated they didn’t know the extent of Bautista’s discomfort.
“I just hope that it’s nothing serious, hopefully it’s just like day-to-day,” Henderson stated.
“I just saw him fall off kind of awkwardly,” he added. “I just hope he gets better.”
Bautista is maybe the most effective nearer in baseball. In simply his second massive league season, the 28-year-old entered Friday with an 8-2 document, a 1.49 ERA and a whopping 46.4% strikeout price whereas being tied for the American League lead with 33 saves.
“He’s been electric for us,” Irvin stated. “I do know the followers love him. You need one in every of your finest guys to nonetheless be pitching for you. Hopefully it’s nothing unfavourable and he simply wants slightly little bit of time, however don’t know what’s going to occur, don’t know what to anticipate.
“He’s been huge for us. Honestly, he’d have my Cy Young vote. He’s been that good.”
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