The Baltimore Orioles sent Kyle Gibson to the mound tonight for the series finale with St. Louis at Camden Yards. The Orioles got just about everything they could have wanted hot of Gibson, and more. Gibson’s line: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K.
If you had told me that Gibson was going to have a final stat line like that, I would have said that the Orioles won. But you can’t win if you don’t score. And unfortunately for the O’s, they didn’t score.
Oriole bars were going up against St. Louis starter Drew Rom, who they acquired from the O’s on August 1st in the trade that sent the Birds Jack Flaherty. And Rom blanked his old team/organization. Which is tough to stomach.
Gibson was outstanding. But he made one bad pitch. And it came on Palacios’ solo homer in the fourth, which was the game’s lone run. Palacios hit two homers last night, and then the one tonight. On top of that, he’s a Towson alumnus. And did that against the O’s.
The Orioles might also have bigger problems. Ryan Mountcastle appeared to injure his left shoulder following through on a swing in the last of the first. He stayed in the game, but was later lifted in favor of a pinch hitter before he could hit again in the third. The Orioles said he left the game with shoulder discomfort.
The Orioles now open up perhaps the biggest series of the season tomorrow night against Tampa at Camden Yards. Kyle Bradish gets the start for the O’s, and he’ll be opposed by Tampa’s Aaron Civale. Game time is set for 7:15 PM.
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