It was kind of a struggle for Dean Kremer and the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon. Kremer’s stat line looks worse than he pitched. It’s fair to mention that only half of the runs he surrendered were earned runs. Kremer’s line: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R (3 earned), 4 BB, 10 K.
Towards the end of Kremer’s outing manager Brandon Hyde and the training staff came out to check on Kremer, who had a blister on his pitching hand. Kremer stayed in the game, however that’s something to watch as we go on. The hope of course is that it clears before Kremer’s next start. But again, it’s something to watch.
Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a sac fly-RBI. One inning later Carroll would reach on a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded, allowing a run to score as Ramon Urias made an errant throw to try and nail a runner at the plate. The Orioles challenged the call, but it was upheld. The throw beat the runner, but it appeared the ruling was that catcher James McCann came off of home plate. Tough call, and a bang-bang play.
Arizona would extend the lead later in the inning to 3-0 on a sac fly-RBI by Marte. But the O’s would attempt to get back into the ballgame. Jordan Westburg’s RBI-double in the last of the fifth cut the Arizona lead to 3-1. However unfortunate as it may have been, that was false hope for the O’s.
McCarthy smacked a two-run homer in the top of the sixth. Marte would follow later in the inning with a two-RBI single, and Grichuk a two-RBI double. When the smoke cleared, Arizona had batted around in the sixth, and the O’s trailed 9-1.
The Birds would get one back in the last of the sixth on Adley Rutschman’s solo homer. The teams would also sit through a brief rain delay in the top of the eighth when the rain got too hard. But in the end, the Birds fell 9-2 on this Mother’s Day. But the O’s did take the series by winning two-of-three.
The Orioles will now stay at home and open up a three-game set with AL East rival Toronto tomorrow night at Camden Yards. Corbin Burnes gets the start for the Orioles, and he’ll be opposed by Toronto’s Jose Berrios. Game time is set for just after 6:30 PM.
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