Trevor Rogers became the first Baltimore Orioles’ pitcher to complete eight innings in a regular season game since 2023 in tonight’s game against Texas. This in a game where the Oriole bullpen is about as taxed as it could possibly be. It could have been the best outing by an Orioles’ starter this season. On perhaps the hottest day of the year to date. Rogers’ line: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K.
It was one of those games where everything I just lined up. This including Oriole bats. In fact, the real question is whether or not Rogers was the big star, or Jackson Holliday.
The newly recalled Chadwick Tromp smacked a two-out double in the third, followed immediately by an RBI-double by Jackson Holliday. And the Orioles led, 1-0. The O’s would also put two on in the last of the fifth, the next time Holliday came up. And he smacked a three-run homer, busting the game wide open.
One inning later the O’s had two on with nobody out, and Colton Cowser striding to the plate. And Cowser laid down perhaps the bunt to end all bunts down the third base line, and it just died – in play. That loaded the bases, and the O’s extended their lead to 5-0 on Coby Mayo’s RBI-groundout.
Ramon Urias would add a sac fly-RBI in the sixth, more or less as an insurance run. Not that it was needed, as well as Trevor Rogers pitched. Andrew Kittredge closed out Texas in the ninth, and the Orioles took game one of this series. Rogers was outstanding. So was the offense, headlined by Jackson Holliday. Good team win.
The serie continues tomorrow at Camden Yards. Charlie Morton gets the start for the Orioles, and Texas is yet to announce a starter. Game time is set for just after 6:30 PM.
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