To just look at the score of Tuesday night’s game, won 6-5 in 10 innings by the Texas Rangers (39-41) over the Baltimore Orioles, one would think it may have been a good game although a tough loss for the Orioles.
The game was a tough loss for sure but is the underlying story that is much tougher to fathom. Just two days removed from being no-hit for seven innings by the Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt, the Orioles were no-hit for six innings by Rangers starter Jacob Latz. Baltimore then exploded for back to back to back homeruns to take a 5-4 lead in the seventh only to give up the tying run in the eighth and ultimately lose in the tenth.
The last time Baltimore hit back to back to back homeruns was on August 6, 2017 when Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey Mancini did so.
Over the last four games the Baltimore offense is batting .197 (23/117) with 13 walks. Is that the formula to get the team to Interim Manager Tony Mansolino‘s stated goal of 5 games under .500?
The Baltimore seventh began with a Ramon Laureano single followed by a Gunnar Henderson walk. Gary Sanchez then hit a three-run homerun 425 feet to left-center.
Ramon Urias then hit his sixth homerun of the season off the top of the right-field scoreboard to tie the game at 4 apiece.
Ryan O’Hearn gave Baltimore the lead with his eleventh homerun of the season, a 406 foot shot to center.
Defensively, it was a rough night for Sanchez behind the plate. He was involved in three of the Rangers’ runs, including the eventual winning run. He failed to catch Laureano’s throw home in the fourth, allowing Corey Seager to score. On the very next play Henderson’s throw home on a fielder’s choice was short of the mark and took Sanchez wide to the first base side, preventing what could have been an out and allowing Marcus Semien to score.
The ultimate winning run scored when Texas’ Sam Haggerty hit a ball to Jackson Holliday at second who threw home to Sanchez who was setup at the plate. The initial call by home plate umpire Jonathan Parra was out but upon review the call was overturned. Texas’ Evan Carter was ruled to have touched home before Sanchez tagged him in the shoulder/underarm area.
Charlie Morton toed the rubber at the start and lasted 5.0 innings, allowing 4 runs on 3 hits while walking 2, striking out 3 and hitting a batter. He threw 100 pitches (65 strikes) and didn’t factor into the decision. The fifth inning was his only clean inning although he did face the minimum in the second by picking Josh Jung off first to end the inning.
Five relievers combined to cover the final five innings with Keegan Akin and Gregory Soto both surrendering a run. Seranthony Dominguez (3-2) pitched the tenth and took the loss by allowing the ghost runner, Carter, to advance to third on a one out wild pitch and score on the aforementioned Holliday to Sanchez play.
2025 Record: 34-45
Next Game: Wed. 6/25 @ 6:35 pm vs. Texas Rangers
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