Julio Tehran got the start for the Baltimore Orioles this evening in Sarasota against Pittsburgh. It was the first night game of the spring for the Birds, this at Ed Smith Stadium. Tehran’s line: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K.
Not a bad outing for Tehran. He mixed his pitches fairly well. This over two innings of work, of course.
The O’s took an early 2-0 lead in the last of the first when Anthony Santander smacked a two-run homer. Santander would come up to bat again in the third, this with the bases loaded and nobody out. And he’d ground into a double-play, giving the Birds a 3-0 lead.
And while that’s not the most favorable outcome, it’s still a favorable outcome. It gave the O’s a run. Again, the goal with the bases loaded and nobody out should be multiple runs. But you’ll take a run all day long.
Especially given that Pittsburgh mounted a comeback. Bruce Zimmermann would walk in a run in the top of the fifth. He would then balk in a second run, and before you knew it Pittsburgh had tied the game when Suwinsky reached on a fielding error by Gunnar Henderson. This was followed by Lamb’s run-scoring single, giving Pittsburgh a 4-3 lead in the fifth.
But the O’s weren’t about to drop their first night game of 2024. Adley Rutshman promptly tied the game with an RBI-single in the last of the fifth. The Birds would put a couple of runners on on the eighth, and Coby Mayo’s two-RBI double would give the Orioles the lead again for good, and they finished with a 6-4 win.
The O’s will also enjoy their first off day of 2024 tomorrow, with no game on the docket. So a day of rest awaits them.
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