The Baltimore Orioles’ rotation is now in its second turn. We’ve come back around to Zach Eflin, who at times looked good tonight against Boston. The ball also took some strange hops on him. And the bats didn’t do much to help. Eflin’s line: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 5 K.
It didn’t help that the O’s ran into Boston’s Crochet, who pitched an outstanding game. However despite that and despite everything else, Eflin pitched to a quality start. Eflin made one bad pitch, and it was a solo home run to Story in the second inning.
Rafaela would extend the lead in the fifth with an RBI-single. Odds are the run would have scored anyways, but Cedric Mullins bobbled the ball in the outfield. It went as a hit, as again the run was deemed to have scored one way or the other. But it was that kind of night for Oriole bats.
To add insult to injury, Boston’s Devers got his first hit of the season in the fifth. It was an RBI-single, as a runner was on base. You had to know that Devers, despite starting the season in a dreadful slump, wasn’t going to struggle forever. And tonight was the night.
Despite the loss tonight, the Orioles are anticipating the imminent return of SS Gunnar Henderson. It could come tomorrow, or it could come Friday in Kansas City. But barring an injury in a rehab start in Norfolk, Gunnar’s on the way.
The series concludes tomorrow at Camden Yards. Charlie Morton gets the start for the O’s, and he’ll be opposed by Boston’s Tanner Houck. Game time is set for just after 1 PM.
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