The Orioles’ sport Sunday towards the Atlanta Braves was the earliest they’ll play this season.
Baltimore’s bats by no means awakened.
The Braves ended the Orioles’ streak of seven straight collection victories as Michael Harris hit a walk-off double off reliever Cionel Pérez within the twelfth inning of a nationally televised sport that began at 11:37 a.m.
Baltimore’s lineup managed simply 5 hits in 40 at-bats and went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring place, offensive futility that spoiled 9 stellar innings from its pitching workers and despatched the sport to further innings.
“We just didn’t get any hits with runners in scoring position,” supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “I felt like our swings were a little bit big today. We’ve been doing a pretty good job, and maybe they made pitches on us. We definitely had a ton of opportunities to put more runs across, we just didn’t get it done today.”
The Orioles took a one-run lead within the tenth on Anthony Santander’s single, however nearer Félix Bautista allowed the automated runner to attain on a wild pitch within the backside half to blow his third save of the season. But the lineup stumbled within the eleventh and twelfth, failing to attain the automated runner in both body.
Mike Baumann bailed out the membership’s bats within the eleventh by tossing a scoreless inning, however Pérez couldn’t replicate Baumann’s heroics.
Harris’ double was the Braves’ first hit for the reason that fifth inning, because the Orioles’ bullpen had gone 6 1/3 innings after Tyler Wells’ stable begin with out permitting a success earlier than Pérez gave up the walk-off hit.
The loss to the National League-best Braves (24-11) is the Orioles’ second straight by one run. Baltimore got here again twice Saturday evening in a back-and-forth sport after taking the primary sport of the collection, however Atlanta gained, 5-4, because of Kevin Pillar’s two-run homer within the eighth.
“Just two tough games there the last couple games,” Hyde stated. “I thought we really fought well, played hard. We had opportunities today and let a few get away, unfortunately.”
The Orioles’ 22-12 file continues to be the second greatest within the American League, behind solely the scorching-hot Tampa Bay Rays (27-7), whom Baltimore hosts for a three-game collection starting Monday. Since the now-broken streak of collection victories started, the Orioles are 18-7.
Wells pitches effectively
Wells has began six video games this season. He’s given the Orioles an opportunity to win in all six.
Wells wasn’t environment friendly Sunday, however he allowed just one run in 5 innings. He scattered three hits and one stroll whereas putting out 4 on 96 pitches, describing his outing as “effectively wild.”
“Slightly disappointed at the fact that I couldn’t go deeper in the game and help the bullpen out,” Wells stated. “But overall I’m happy with the result.”
The right-hander gave up a solo residence run to slugger Matt Olson within the first inning, as Wells left a fastball over the plate that the primary baseman blasted 413 ft to heart subject. Wells didn’t permit a batter to succeed in safely till there have been two outs within the fourth. From there, the 28-year-old needed to battle to file his subsequent 4 outs and preserve the sport tied.
After Eddie Rosario’s single, Wells walked Marcell Ozuna after which gave up a 406-foot fly ball to Harris that was caught by heart fielder Cedric Mullins on the wall in heart subject. The batted ball can be a house run in 14 of 30 MLB ballparks, in accordance with Statcast, however not at Truist Park.
Orlando Arcia led off the fifth with a double, however Wells retired the following three batters to strand one other runner.
Through the primary fifth of the season, Wells has been Baltimore’s greatest beginning pitcher with a 3.15 ERA and a 0.78 WHIP. No different Orioles beginning pitcher has an ERA underneath 4.60 or a WHIP underneath 1.34.
Around the horn
- For simply the second sport this season, Adley Rutschman didn’t begin. But the star catcher has nonetheless appeared in all 34 video games, as he pinch hit for James McCann and caught the final a number of innings Sunday. His solely different sport not beginning was the primary sport of a doubleheader final weekend, however Rutschman additionally entered late in that contest. “Adley definitely needs it,” Hyde stated about giving him a breather. “I wanna try to rest him as much as I possibly can. He’s just so important to us and he’s such a good player that you’d love to have him in there as much as possible. But I definitely need to pick my spots with him.”
- Reliever Mychal Givens and Dillon Tate took steps of their rehabilitation assignments this weekend with Double-A Bowie. Givens on Friday tossed his third scoreless inning since his task started. He’s struck out 5 and allowed only one base runner in his three innings in Bowie. Tate, nevertheless, hasn’t had the identical success. Pitching on back-to-back days, Tate allowed three of his 4 batters confronted to succeed in base Friday and two of his three Saturday to succeed in. He was charged with 5 runs whole throughout the 2 nights, and he’s surrendered two or extra runs in three straight outings. Hyde indicated Saturday that the 2 relievers nonetheless wanted to get extra work in earlier than returning to the majors.
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Rays at Orioles
Monday, 6:35 p.m.
TV: MASN
Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM
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