The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Friday night and in the course of one inning (six outs) Birdland experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. With one out ans a man on in the bottom of the eighth inning, Gunnar Henderson (2 for 3, 1 HR, 1 R, 3 RBI) homered to right field to give the Orioles the 5-4 lead. Felix Bautista (0.2 IP, 1 K) then entered the game for the ninth inning and 12 pitches later (2 outs, 2-2 count on Michael Toglia) left the game with right arm soreness. The silence when Bautista was as loud as the cheering was when Henderson homered.
GUNNA(ROY) pic.twitter.com/fuKCxBpIcg
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 26, 2023
Ryan Mountcastle (2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI) hit a “was it an over the fence homerun, was it a triple, was it an inside the park homerun?” homerun in the 1st inning.
idk what just happened but it’s 1-0 pic.twitter.com/YKvKyl8zzr
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 25, 2023
Austin Hays went 2 for 3 with a double, a homerun, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI and a walk.
Homer Hays 💪 pic.twitter.com/uM3Uvx9W9E
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 26, 2023
Cole Irvin made the start and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits (1 HR), walked 1, struck out 5 and hit a batter over 6.0 innings before giving was to Shintaro Fujinami (6-8) who earned the win with a 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K relief effort.
Danny Coulombe threw one 81.4 mpn knuckle cure to earn his second save of the year.
2023 Record: 80-48
Next Game: Sat. 8/26 @ 7:05 pm vs. Rockies @ OPACY