Coming into Friday, 92% of the Orioles’ video video games this yr had been decided by 4 runs or fewer. Night time in and night out, they’ve carried out shut video video games, and night in and night out, they’ve usually acquired.
Of their assortment opener at Camden Yards in direction of the Texas Rangers on Friday night, though, the Orioles carried out by far their most lopsided recreation of the yr. Grayson Rodriguez allowed three residence runs — along with a fourth-inning grand slam to Rangers star shortstop Corey Seager — and eight earned runs as Baltimore fell, 12-2.
Earlier than Friday, the largest margin in an Orioles recreation this season was a 6-0 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Royals earlier this month.
With an launched crowd of 20,293 witnessing the Orioles debut their all-black — albeit with a vibrant inside — Metropolis Join uniforms, Adley Rutschman gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead with a first-inning residence run.
However inside the subsequent physique, Rodriguez allowed a two-run homer to Leody Taveras, and in a nightmarish fourth inning, the Rangers piled it on. Josh Jung tripled on a ball misplayed by correct fielder Anthony Santander, Josh Smith singled and Robbie Grossman homered. Then the harm really began.
A stroll, profitable and an error by shortstop Jorge Mateo — who might have ended the inning by turning a double play — loaded the bases for Seager, certainly one of many highest-paid players in baseball. Rodriguez left his first pitch, a cutter, in the middle of the zone and Seager tattooed it 437 ft to right-center topic for the fate-sealing grand slam.
By the point one different run crossed the plate, it was an eight-run barrage from the Rangers.
It was the second time in three days that the Orioles have been involved in an eight-run inning, as Baltimore tallied as many in direction of the New York Yankees in Wednesday’s win.
Friday marked the third time this month that Rodriguez has allowed at least six earned runs with out ending the fourth inning. In 3 1/3 innings Friday, he allowed 9 runs (eight earned) on 83 pitches. After posting a 4.07 ERA in 5 April begins, Rodriguez has had a tricky time in his 5 Could begins, recording an ERA of 11.14.
Austin Voth pitched in help, allowing one earned run in 3 1/3 innings. Cionel Pérez then pitched a scoreless eighth.
In the meantime, Rangers right-hander Jon Grey continued his sturdy season by pitching seven innings of one-run ball, allowing 4 hits and putting out eight. The Orioles mounted a mini-comeback inside the eighth in direction of reliever John King as hits from Ryan O’Hearn, Rutschman and Terrin Vavra scored a run. After a single by Ryan Mountcastle, Ramón Urias — having fun with in his first recreation in weeks after a hamstring hurt — batted with the bases loaded, nonetheless grounded out.
Within the ninth inning, a spot participant pitched for the Orioles for the first time this season. Relatively than use a reliever in a one-sided recreation, supervisor Brandon Hyde opted to ship outfielder Ryan McKenna to the mound.
McKenna lofted in much-slower-than-batting-practice pitches, with a couple of of his decisions registering as little as 34 mph, allowing two runs inside the final physique sooner than inducing an inning-ending double play, so much to the group’s delight.
Orioles debut Metropolis Join uniforms
The Orioles carried out for the first time Friday of their Metropolis Join uniforms, which have been met with blended opinions from followers.
Forward of the game, help pitcher Bryan Baker described the uniforms, which might be all-black nonetheless have a colorfully patterned inside, as “proper up my alley” since he likes to keep up points simple.
“They’ve simply the correct amount of pizzazz, I suppose,” he said. “Slightly little bit of aptitude. I believe they give the impression of being sharp.”
First baseman Ryan Mountcastle well-known that the black uniforms made it easy to match and Gunnar Henderson, an Alabama native, likened the within to camouflage. “I’m from the South, so I like my camo,” he said.
The Orioles will as soon as extra placed on the uniforms Saturday and each residence Friday this season.
Ramón Urias returns
Urias (hamstring) was reinstated off the IL ahead of Friday’s recreation and entered the lineup at second base inside the eighth inning, his first look since Could 8. To make room on the roster, infielder Joey Ortiz was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
Orioles govt vice chairman and regular supervisor Mike Elias said Friday that Ortiz did “nothing to deserve” being despatched down.
“He got here up and helped us win a bunch of video games each occasions and he’s gonna do it once more,” Elias said. “He seems like he suits within the main leagues.”
Mullins once more in lineup
Cedric Mullins was once more inside the lineup Friday after missing Thursday’s recreation resulting from personal causes, Hyde said. It marked the first absence of the season for Mullins, who entered Friday with an OPS of .865.
This story will be updated.
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Originally posted 2023-05-27 01:59:31.