That Was Ugly
The Baltimore Orioles fell to the New York Yankees 10-1 on Thursday night, ending any chance they had at winning the AL East. Baltimore is still one win away from solidifying the #4 seed and hosting the three-game Wild Card Series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
The game started out as a pitcher’s duel between Corbin Burnes (15-9) and Gerrit Cole. Burnes was solid, tossing 69 pitches (46 K) through 5.0 innings. He allowed 1 run, a Giancarlo Stanton homerun in the 2nd inning, on 2 hits with a walk and 9 strikeouts, facing just two batters over the minimum. Burnes left the game with the score 1-0 in favor of the Yankees.
The game imploded in the 6th inning when the Yankees scored 6 runs. Yennier Cano (0.1 IP, 3 R, H, 2 BB, K) and Cionel Perez (0.1 IP, 2 R, H, BB) were ineffective. Bryan Baker was called upon to end the inning. Unfortunately, he allowed the 6th run of the inning and finished the seventh with a line of 1.1 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 H (HR), BB, 4 K.
Matt Bowman surrendered an Alex Verdugo homerun in the eighth inning and 2 hits in total.
The Orioles scored their lone run in the 9th on three consecutive one-out singles by Austin Slater (1 for 1, R), Adley Rutschman (1 for 4) and Ryan Mountcastle (1 for 1) followed by an Emmanuel Rivera (0 for 1, RBI) RBI sac. fly.
Ramon Urias went 1 for 3, Cedric Mullins went 1 for 4 and James McCann went 1 for 2 with a walk.
2024 Record: 88-71
Next Game: Fri. 9/27 vs. Twins @ 8:10 pm in Minnesota