Gausman is also looking more and more like the ace the Orioles envisioned when they drafted him with the fourth overall pick in 2012. He hit a high drive to right that Dustin Ackley plucked at the top of his jump, and doubled up pinch runner Joey Rickard.
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After retiring the first six batters he faced, Gausman gave up his first hit of the day on a ground ball off the bat of Aaron Hicks. He barely broke a sweat the rest of his night. “I could pitch with concentration”.
The Yankees finally got on the board in the sixth.
Gausman became the first Orioles starting pitcher to complete eight innings this season.
“I felt good”, Severino said.
“He was something, wasn’t he?” I think the most innings he’d been this year was six. “I kept telling myself in the dugout, ‘He’s not going to give in, I’m not going to give in'”. “I’m competitive. Maybe if we had a lead, it might have been a little different, but I haven’t really gone to seven innings this year, so to get to eight was big”. “I’ve never broken a bone in my body until this, so I don’t know how long it’s going to take”, Hardy said…. “And tonight, you all saw the first inning or two, it wasn’t there. We weren’t able to do it”.
“The changeup was good, the two-seamer was good”, he said. I don’t want nobody to get hurt but it’s part of the game.
“I’m not lost at the plate, I’m not swinging at bad pitches”. A lot of left-handed hitters, and Kevin commanded. “We’ve had a few games where we’ve been able to score some runs early and capitalize on those opportunities”, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis said. He allowed five hits, all singles.
This matchup seems like something of a coin-flip, as Tanaka and Gausman have both been playing well. When I go out there, I still expect to do well. He had the one ill-fated start in Texas, however you have to chalk that up partially to the fact that it was in Texas. LF Brett Gardner was held out of New York’s starting lineup after getting hit on the right arm in Wednesday’s game and then coming out. He struck out Teixeira, Beltran, and Ackely swining to get out of the inning. Two unlikely hitters played roles.
Hyun Soo Kim began the Baltimore 10th with an infield hit off Johnny Barbato.
The Bombers, who came in batting. Coke, a 26th-round draft pick in 2002, pitched for the Yankees from 2008-09 before being traded in the three-team deal that netted them Curtis Granderson from the Detroit Tigers. That gave the Birds their third walkoff victory of the year.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 0 – Jaime Garcia pitched seven sharp innings, Brandon Moss hit a long home run, and host St. Louis shut out Philadelphia.
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Another telling stat that pretty much sums up the team’s feeble offense in this first month? “Of course it’s better if the team wins, but I think it’s important to concentrate on what I can do and keep doing the job”. “I thought he threw the ball well”.
