Trevor Rogers pitched six innings of two-run ball, but the Orioles went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position in a 5-2 loss to San Diego. Baltimore drops the series and falls to 34-39 after an underwhelming 3-4 homestand. A nine-game West Coast trip begins Tuesday night.
The Orioles get the first two on in the sixth inning and Leody Taveras bunts them over, but Colton Cowser and pinch hitter Jackson Holliday both strike out. Baltimore is now 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
San Diego leads 2-1.
That's six strong innings on 82 pitches for Trevor Rogers, who's been even better than the current line looks after some rotten luck in the two-run second inning. #Orioles
Jeremiah Jackson homers just over the out-of-town scoreboard in right for the first Orioles run here in the fifth. It's his seventh of the season and first since April 30.
The Orioles had runners at first and second with nobody out, but Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, and Pete Alonso fail to make anything happen. San Diego leads 2-0 after three innings.
Samuel Basallo and Gunnar Henderson homered, Pete Alonso drove in two runs, and Shane Baz labored through five innings to help the Orioles to a 7-3 win over San Diego.
Baltimore (34-37) has won three in a row and will go for a season-best four straight victories tomorrow.
Shane Baz just threw his 65th pitch of the night. He's recorded seven outs. Not exactly the efficiency you're looking for when you have a 6-2 lead. #Orioles
Credit Colton Cowser for a great read going first to third on Tyler O'Neill's soft single to right-center. That led to the sacrifice fly off the bat of Jackson Holliday. The Orioles lead 4-2 in the second.
Might be a good idea to not give away outs on the bases when the likes of Pete Alonso and Samuel Basallo are coming up. Gunnar Henderson cost the Orioles a run.