NEW YORK—After learning that yet another starter, Zach Eflin, had landed on the injured list, Dean Kremer delivered another quality performance.
For the second straight start, Kremer allowed just one run in six innings. He allowed two hits as the Orioles defeated the New York Mets, 9-5, before 34,255 at Citi Field on Tuesday night.
Eflin is the eighth Oriole pitcher on the injured list. Five are starters. Kyle Bradish, John Means, Grayson Rodriguez and Tyler Wells are the others.
Left-hander Keegan Akin went on the paternity list, and Cade Povich and Dillon Tate were recalled from Triple-A Norfolk
Kremer (6-9) struck out seven and walked three and was helped by a strong offensive output.
New York (65-61) scored four runs against Burch Smith in the eighth to make it close.
Anthony Santander hit his 37th home run, scoring Gunnar Henderson, who walked in the first inning. In the second, Colton Cowser led off with a triple and scored on James McCann’s sacrifice fly.
Cowser doubled against Jose Quintana with one out and scored from second on Ramón Urías’ tapper that Quintana deflected and catcher Francisco Alvarez couldn’t handle. McCann hit his fourth home run to give the Orioles (74-53) a 6-1 lead.
Kremer walked Alvarez and Jeff McNeil to start the second, and Alvarez scored on Mark Vientos’ double. The other hit Kremer allowed was a fifth-inning double by Francisco Lindor.
Eloy Jiménez’s double scored Henderson in the fifth.
Quintana (6-9) allowed seven runs on eight hits in five innings.
Cionel Pérez pitched a perfect seventh, but things unraveled in the eighth when Smith allowed four runs, three earned. With one out, Lindor hit a double and Henderson booted Vientos grounder to short. Brandon Nimmo’s double scored Lindor, and J.D. Martinez hit a three-run home run to center to cut the Orioles lead to 7-5.
Yennier Cano retired Pete Alonso on a grounder to short and struck out Harrison Bader to end the eighth.
In the ninth, Henderson singled to left, scoring Cedric Mullins. Reliever Danny Young’s relay throw allowed Ryan Mountcastle to score, giving the Orioles a 9-5 lead.
After Cano got the first out of the ninth, Craig Kimbrel retired the final two Mets hitters.