Entering Tuesday’s game with the New York Mets (53-39), the Baltimore Orioles were nine games below .500 and looking to close that gap in their record. Unfortunately, a 7-6 loss in 10 innings did nothing to meet that goal. For a team with designs on making it into the AL Wild Card race, this game was not the way to do it. Leading 6-2 after seven innings at home and with 35,200 fans behind them, the team cannot let up on the opponent. This game NEEDED to be won!
Six relievers were used again. Realizing it is just for an inning here and there, one has to wonder if there will even be arms available to pitch should the Orioles make the wild card? Our closer, Felix Bautista, was once again used in the ninth inning of a tie game.
Fans did get to witness a rarity, an Immaculate Inning (3 strikeouts on nine pitches) from starter Brandon Young in the fifth inning. The feat had only happened four time before with the last time occurring on 8/23/2018 (Kevin Gausman).
Young allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and struck out 6 over 5.1 innings but was not a part of the final decision. He did give up a lead-off homerun to Ronny Mauricio in the sixth.
Jackson Holliday singled in Baltimore’s first run in the third inning and added a homerun, his 12th, in the seventh.
Ryan O’Hearn doubled in 2 runs in the sixth and Ramon Laureano plated a run with his RBI-single. O’Hearn also came through for Young by trading an adult beverage and his bat for the ball that ended the Immaculate Inning.
Ryan O’HOT
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The Yard is rocking
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Bryan Baker, the third reliever of the game, allowed 4 runs without recording an out. The right-hander gave up a pair of two-run homeruns, one to Francisco Lindor and the other to Pete Alonso, in the eighth inning.
The Orioles did get a runner into scoring position in their half of the eighth but didn’t cash in while going three-up, three-down in both the ninth and tenth innings.
Yennier Cano (1-5) allowed a lead-off single to Juan Soto that allowed Lindor (ghost runner) to score; Cano was tagged with the loss.
As was stated on the MASN post-game show, this game “left a sour taste” but according to Interin Manager Tony Mansolino, “it just wasn’t our night”. Are fans supposed to find solace and hope in that statement? It may be different in the clubhouse, but Mansolino seems to display any urgency to reach his goal of getting to four or fivr games below .500; the Orioles seemingly can’t get past nine games under.
2025 Record: 40-50
Next Game: Wed. 7/9 @ 7:05 pm vs. New York Mets (ESPN)