Cade Povich was outstanding this evening for the Baltimore Orioles. He doesn’t get credit for the win, but that’s through no fault of his own. In his first start at Oriole Park, he rocked the yard with his outing. Povich’s line: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K.
Everytime you turned around, Povich was mowing down another Atlanta hitter. Any other game, he’d be the story tonight. Again, justifiably he should have been the winner.
The Birds put runners on the corners in the third. Gunnar Henderson would ground out, scoring a runner from third with an RBI. Later in the inning Adley Rutschman would ground into a fielder’s choice with a runner once again at third. However a throwing error would dictate that everyone was safe, scoring another run for the O’s.
Again, every time you turned around Cade Povich was retiring another hitter. It was a sensational effort, and one that he’ll probably never forget. Neither will the fans in attendance.
Unfortunately as I said, he didn’t get the win. He did pitch a quality start, and he left in line for the win. However Keegan Akin gave up a two-run homer to Olson in the eighth inning. And we went on tied at two.
Ryan Mountcastle reached on an infield hit in the last of the eighth. That brought Colton Cowser to the plate. Needless to say, the ball might not have come down yet…
…Cowser’s two-run homer put the Orioles back in the lead at 4-2. Craig Kimbrel retired Atlanta quietly in the ninth, and the Orioles had extended Atlanta’s losing streak to five. Atlanta put a scare into the Birds there for a moment, but they rebounded.
Make no mistake that this was Colton Cowser’s night. His turn to play the hero. But again, the story justifiably should have been Cade Povich, you never want to waste an outing like that. Luckily on paper, the Orioles didn’t.
The series concludes tomorrow at Camden Yards. Cole Irvin gets the start for the Orioles, and he’ll be opposed by Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez. Game time is set for just after 1 PM.
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