The Orioles took 4 leads Saturday nevertheless couldn’t preserve any of them.
After taking a one-run lead inside the tenth, the Orioles surrendered two runs inside the bottom half of the inning in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Rookie Oscar Colás’ single to correct topic gave the White Sox the walk-off win.
The Orioles (8-7) scored inside the excessive of the tenth due to the automated runner positioned at second base initially of the inning. Jorge Mateo laid down a sacrifice bunt to maneuver Gunnar Henderson to third, and after Cedric Mullins drew a stroll, Adley Rutschman beat out a doable double play on a flooring ball to temporary, allowing Henderson to achieve the go-ahead run.
However inside the bottom half of the inning, reliever Logan Gillaspie allowed an RBI double to White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal to tie the game. Jake Burger then singled to ship pinch-runner Seby Zavala to third sooner than Colás’ walk-off hit over the head of Anthony Santander in correct topic. Gillaspie (0-1) didn’t report an out inside the inning.
Baltimore led 1-0 inside the fourth, 4-2 inside the sixth, 5-4 inside the seventh and 6-5 inside the tenth, nevertheless Chicago shortly responded each time. The Orioles accomplished 1-for-14 with runners in scoring place and left 13 runners on base.
Mateo will get revenge
Final June, Mateo took a 99 mph fastball from Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech off his once more, inflicting the benches and bullpens to clear. Per conventional, the scuffle was merely verbal, and no players had been ejected.
However, whatever the loss, Mateo acquired his comeuppance Saturday.
The shortstop hit a solo dwelling run off Kopech and accomplished 3-for-4 with two scorching singles.
Mateo, acknowledged for his tempo and defensive prowess in its place of his bat, has been one in all many Orioles’ biggest hitters by way of the first 15 video video games of the season. The 27-year-old is hitting .350 with a 1.038 OPS — a lot better than the .221 widespread and .646 OPS he put up in 2022.
His solo shot to steer off the third inning traveled 424 ft to left-center topic. He stayed on a 2-2 slider from Kopech, a former excessive prospect with the Boston Pink Sox, for his third prolonged ball of the season. He moreover hit an RBI double Friday after coming off the bench inside the comeback victory.
Two innings later, Mateo roped a single off Kopech nevertheless was thrown out attempting to steal second. The speedster entered the game tied with Mullins for the MLB lead in steals with seven, nevertheless was caught stealing for the first time this season. Mullins stole a base inside the first inning to take the league lead with eight. Baltimore entered the game tied with the Cleveland Guardians for in all probability essentially the most steals in baseball.
The 111.0 mph exit velocity on Mateo’s single was tied with Ryan Mountcastle for the hardest batted ball by an Oriole this season, nevertheless Mateo topped it inside the sixth with a 112.4 mph RBI single off reliever Keynan Middleton to current Baltimore a 3-2 lead.
Earlier inside the inning, Santander hit a solo dwelling run to correct topic off Kopech. The blast was the first of the season for Santander, who led the Orioles with 33 dwelling runs in 2022. The switch-hitter entered the game batting merely .167 with three hits in his earlier 9 video video games.
The Orioles moreover scored on bases-loaded walks from Mullins — who walked 3 instances and likewise had a bases-loaded stroll Friday — and pinch-hitter Ryan O’Hearn, who has 5 RBIs in three video video games since changing into a member of the Orioles on Thursday. After strolling 9 events Friday, Baltimore earned 10 additional free bases Saturday.
Defensive struggles proceed
The Orioles made a lot of spectacular defensive performs Friday and Saturday, nevertheless they spoiled them with three errors.
Beginning pitcher Kyle Gibson threw huge of first after fielding a swinging bunt by the first batter of the game for a two-base error. Mateo then made a fielding error inside the fifth and Henderson devoted a throwing error inside the seventh. Nonetheless, the errors didn’t set off any additional runs to return dwelling.
Gibson was steady in his fourth start of the season, nevertheless he hung a sweeper to Burger, who crushed a two-run homer for his second blast of the gathering. The veteran right-hander moreover allowed a sacrifice fly to Burger inside the fourth and an RBI double to Andrew Benintendi inside the fifth. Gibson surrendered seven hits and 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings with two walks and just one strikeout.
After O’Hearn’s RBI stroll inside the seventh, Chicago tied the game at 5 on Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double off Orioles reliever Bryan Baker. The run was charged to left-hander Danny Coulombe, his first allowed this season.
Urías exits after hit to maneuver
Within the seventh, Orioles third baseman Ramón Urías was hit by a pitch and left the game.
Urías took a 96.2 mph sinker from reliever Kendall Graveman off his helmet and fell to the underside grabbing his head.
Supervisor Brandon Hyde and head athletic coach Brian Ebel ran out to confirm on Urías, who laid on the underside for a minute sooner than strolling off the sector with out assist. He was modified by Henderson.
Hyde talked about after the game that Urías is in concussion protocol.
Across the horn
- Saturday was Jackie Robinson Day all through MLB. All 30 teams wore No. 42 to honor the all-time good who broke the color barrier in 1947. “It’s a big day,” Hyde talked about “It’s the in the future of the season the place we actually get to have fun what Jackie did for the game, for the nation, for the world. It’s an honor, actually, to put on that 42 on a day like in the present day.”
- Hyde talked about starting pitcher Kyle Bradish (bruised correct foot) made it out of his minor league rehabilitation start Friday healthful. Bradish allowed 4 runs in 5 innings inside the Double-A contest. “We’re making these choices now,” Hyde talked about about when Bradish might rejoin the group. He’s eligible to return off the injured itemizing Wednesday.
Orioles at White Sox
Sunday, 2:10 p.m.
TV: MASN2
Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM
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