Orioles fend off late rally from Marlins to earn eighth straight win
BALTIMORE (AP) — In his 233rd large league look, Danny Coulombe lastly earned his first save.
To do it, he wanted to retire baseball’s main hitter with the potential tying run on second base within the ninth inning.
Luis Arraez lined out to left discipline to finish the sport — and completed 0 for five on the day — because the Baltimore Orioles held on for his or her eighth straight victory, 5-4 over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
The Orioles almost blew a 5-0 lead within the ninth, and Coulombe needed to end as a result of All-Star relievers Félix Bautista and Yennier Cano had each pitched every of the earlier two nights.
Arraez’s batting common dropped to .380, however he’s flirted with .400 for a lot of the season.
“That’s not the guy you want to see come up with a runner in scoring position,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned. “That was a bit too dicey there on the finish.”
Kyle Bradish took a shutout into the eighth, and the Orioles pulled inside a sport of first-place Tampa Bay within the AL East. Anthony Santander hit his a centesimal profession residence run for Baltimore.
The Orioles have been up 3-0 earlier than Miami opener Steven Okert (3-1) bought an out within the first inning, and Bradish (6-4) took it from there. He allowed three hits and a stroll with eight strikeouts in 7 1/3 scoreless innings.
Eduard Bazardo gave up a two-run double to Jean Segura with one out within the ninth, however Coulombe bought the ultimate two outs. Jon Berti managed a run-scoring single off Coulombe, and Dane Myers doubled residence a run to convey up Arraez.
Bradish truly struck out Arraez to start out the sport, though it took 10 pitches to do it. It was the Miami infielder’s twentieth strikeout of the season. Coulombe bought a few swinging strikes on him earlier than he hit a 2-2 pitch proper at Austin Hays in left.
“I’m like, maybe just throw it right down the middle and see what he’s going to do with it, because he’s not going to swing and miss,” mentioned Coulombe, who performed with Arraez in Minnesota. “But he swung and missed twice.”
The Marlins misplaced two of the three video games on this collection by one run after going 21-6 in one-run video games earlier than the All-Star break.
Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman opened the sport with consecutive doubles to make it 1-0, and Santander adopted with a two-run shot, his seventeenth homer of the yr. Okert allowed a single to Hays earlier than lastly retiring Ryan O’Hearn on a popup. The left-hander was then taken out.
The Orioles scored twice within the fourth with out a hit. George Soriano loaded the bases with one out on a stroll and two hit batters. Then a run got here residence on an error by shortstop Joey Wendle on a gentle grounder by James McCann that would have been an inning-ending double play.
Henderson adopted with a sacrifice fly off Huascar Brazoban.
PUT HIM ON?
Hyde mentioned deliberately strolling Arraez with first base open within the ninth was a consideration, though he did have a lefty-lefty matchup with Coulombe pitching.
“Wanted to be careful with him, and he got to two strikes,” Hyde mentioned. “Danny’s got such good numbers this year, you kind of trusted at that point.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: RHP Johnny Cueto pitched three scoreless innings of reduction in his first look since getting back from a biceps damage. He’d been on the injured record since April.
Orioles: OF Cedric Mullins didn’t play after leaving Saturday’s sport with quad tightness. … OF Colton Cowser and 2B Adam Frazier have been hit by pitches across the left knee and proper shin. Both remained within the sport.
UP NEXT
The Orioles ship rookie RHP Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) to the mound in opposition to Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (2-0) on Monday night time. Rodriguez was one in every of baseball’s prime prospects when known as up early this season, however he was despatched again to the minors after posting a 7.35 ERA. This is his first begin again with the Orioles.
Miami begins LHP Jesus Luzardo (8-5) within the opener of its collection at St. Louis.
