In the wake of last night’s loss to Philadelphia, the Baltimore Orioles trotted out Grayson Rodriguez for the start in this afternoon’s game. And the fact is, with Kyle Bradish having gone on the IL, the Birds needed an ace-like start. The good news is…they got it. And the bats followed. Rodriguez’s line: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 K.
Philadelphia did put up two early runs. Bohm’s RBI-double in the first and Sosa’s solo homer in the second spotted Philadelphia a 2-0 lead. However the O’s battled back, this in what many see as a preview of a matchup we might “see later.” Adley Rutshman’s sac fly-RBI got the O’s on the board.
However Anthony Santander would promptly tie the game an inning later with a solo homer. The real question is whether or not the ball’s landed yet. Needless to say, it was a shot. And it propelled the Birds to tie the score.
Santander would also give the Orioles their first lead of the series in the last of the sixth with a sac-fly RBI. On top of that, he smacked a two-run homer in the eighth. This before Gunnar Henderson gave the O’s an insurance run with an RBI-single. And they went home 6-2 winners.
Your big names in this one were Grayson Rodriguez and Anthony Santander. In the wake of Bradish having to go to the IL, the Orioles needed a big game today. They needed to send a message to the fans that everything was okay, and that this was business as usual. And they did.
The series concludes tomorrow at Camden Yards. Corbin Burnes gets the start for the O’s, and he’ll be opposed by Philadelphia’s Zach Wheeler. Game time is set for just after 1:30 PM.
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