The Baltimore Orioles began a nine-game road trip to the West Coast on Tuesday. The trip got off to a disappointing start with a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners (38-30) in a game that the Orioles managed just 3 hits.
Baltimore struck right away by scoring a run in the first inning. Taylor Ward doubled, advanced to third on Adley Rutschman‘s groundout to first and scored on a Samuel Basallo RBI single.
After scoring that run, the Orioles had no answer for Seattle’s pitching as the next 16 Baltimore batters were set down in order. Pete Alonso was hit by a pitch leading off the seventh inning to break that streak. The next seven batters were retired befor Rutschman recorded the team’s third and final hit, a one-out single in the ninth.
Seattle pitching struck out 12 Orioles hitters while issuing just 1 walk. Seven of the Baltimore starters struck out with Leody Taveras doing so three times. Mariners’ starter Logan Gilbert (5-0) dominated the Orioles with a 1 run, 2 hit effort over 7.0 innings; he walked 1, struck out 10 and hit Alonso.
The lack of offense did nothing to support Brandon Young‘s (5-2) quality start. Young pitched 6.0 complete innings and left the game after facing a pair of batters in the seventh. He took the loss despite allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.
Seattle scored a run in the third inning on a pair of walks and an RBI-single. Cal Raleigh‘s bases loaded sinlgle in the seventh accounted for Seattle’s second and third runs.
Grant Wolfram and Andrew Kittredge combined to pitch the seventh while Keegan Akin covered the eighth.
And the mediocre season continues.
2026 Record: 34-40
Next Game: Wed. 6/17 @ 9:40 pm @ Seattle Mariners
