He’ll be filling in for Chris Tillman, who is headed to the 15-day disabled list with shoulder discomfort.
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“I thought once I got loose it would kind of go away, but it never really did”, Tillman said of his pre-game throwing. “Hopefully, we’re going to put him back to work here pretty soon”. It’s happened and we have to get better now, but Iike I said, I think this is the best way to go about it and we talked about it a little bit. Gausman has been heating up recently, posting a 3.53 ERA and a 4-3 record in his last seven starts, but without Tillman to set the pace, the O’s could easily end up in big trouble. “That way I’m not fighting it all year”. The 26-year-old is expected to fill a bullpen role for the Orioles.
“They’re one of the best teams in baseball and in that league, so it was tough”, Showalter said.
Baltimore is 34-24 against the Nationals in a rivalry that began in 2006. The Orioles are outscoring the Nationals 22-12 in the series and sit one game behind the Red Sox and Blue Jays in the East while pushing three games ahead of the Seattle Mariners in the race for the second wild card.
Daniel Murphy fumbled a grounder to second base that let in two runs, Clint Robinson was guilty of a base-running gaffe and the Nationals were victimized three times by, of all things, replay reviews. They just have to win, some way, some how, a good bunch of games. In the minors, though, Wright has been much better, recording a 3.17 ERA and 1.133 WHIP.
Trea Turner had a career-high four hits for Washington. According to Brooks Baseball, his fastball was down to 91.5 miles per hour in his last start against Houston Astros-which is his lowest velocity in any game this season.
“It’s good to be going home”. We know how to hit with men in scoring position, not just home runs. He couldn’t get guys out at Camden Yards (.312, .854 OPS, 34 BB in 56.2 IP) or on the road (.304, .903 OPS, 25 BB in 38.0 IP).
Replay did the Nationals no favors.
The trend continued in the bottom of the third, when replay determined that Jones beat out an infield roller after initially being called out. Jonathan Schoop has hit 135 times with 68 runs, 20 homers and 67 RBI. He has hit at least 30 home runs in four of the last five seasons.
“Tillman struggled in his last start Saturday against Houston “ an outing that came following a week off to allow him to rest his shoulder. “We just made him work, made him throw strikes and got into favorable counts”.
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Orioles: With Tillman out, the Orioles need to find another starter for Thursday night’s game. Showalter gave no indication of who it would be. He is 6-1 with a 2.32 ERA in eight career starts against the Nationals.
