Baltimore Orioles hopes to shake off one of the worst losses in franchise history when they open a three-game Beltway series at Washington Nationals on Tuesday.
Baltimore was directed 24-2 by Cincinnati, on Sunday, the citizens ended a disappointing road trip with a double header-sharing at Colorado Rockies.
Oriole’s Starter Charlie Morton did not do so through the third round on Sunday, accused of seven runs in 2 1/3 frames. The 24 permitted runs were most of Orioles since Rangers received 30 on August 22, 2007.
Five Baltimore jugs combined to go 11 beats.
“You just won’t be able to win games that way,” Manager Brandon Hyde said. “You will win them once in a while because you will surpass teams, but that’s not how you win Major League Baseball games.”
Baltimore starting pots have a league-host 6.11 ERA. Opponents strike .312 against them (29th MLB) and have smacked 21 homers. The starters allow 1.62 walks and hits per inning (also 29th).
The Washington Starters meanwhile has a solid 3.87 era, but citizens easier has a league-right 7.19 era in the series with opponents who hit .283.
Baltimore is still without starting Pitcher’s Grayson Rodriguez (Smor Axel) and Zach Eflin (right lazy tribe).
Oriole’s search for consistent starting pitching will fall on the right hand Dean Kremer (2-2, 6.41 era) in the opener when he opposes the left-hander Mitchell Parker (2-1, 1.85).
Kremer comes from a victory against Guardians on Wednesday where he allowed a run of four hits over 5 1/3 rounds. He allowed his fifth home run in the season.
“I thought he was competing extremely well,” Hyde said that day. “Best start to the year for him.”
Kremer is 3-0 with a 2.04 era in three starts versus Washington.
Parker has worked at least six rounds in each of their four starts and allowed more than one run only once. He took a loss against the Pirates on April 16, despite held them to a run of four hits over six rounds. He went one and knocked out six.
“Team sports. You win as a team, you lose like a team,” Parker said. “You can pick good things out of (my start), but at the end of the day it’s a team sport.”
In their second major league season, Parker allowed two runs in 5 2/3 rounds of a without decision in their only previous start versus Baltimore on May 8.
Nationals topped Rockies 3-2 in opener Sunday before releasing Nightcap 3-1 to end their trip 4-6. They only succeeded four runs in 18 rounds on Sunday after exploding for 12 in a victory on Saturday.
“Of course, we can’t go up there and set up a dozen every night,” said National’s appointed Hitter Nathaniel Lowe, who had three hits in the loss. “But we would like to make more points, obviously score more than we did (Sunday) because we didn’t like the result. We stick to a fairly high standard and obviously not performed according to that standard in Game 2.”
Kyle Finnegan received his 96th career saving with citizens in the opener to move to second place in club history (2005-presence) and only dragged Chad Cordero (113).
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