BALTIMORE-For almost two months, the Orioles wondered what they had in Wade Miley. “The only thing they could have possibly said that they weren’t sure J.J. got there”. Baltimore are 7-2 in their last 9 Sunday games and the under is 44-15-1 in Baltimore’s last 60 on grass while the Orioles are 19-7 in their last 26 interleague games.
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Donnie Hart started his career with eighteen run-less appearances – the longest streak to start a career & second longest streak to start a season, in Orioles history. The Detroit Tigers have replaced them in the second wild-card slot and seemed poised to push them back another game with a lopsided victory over the Kansas City Royals.
The Arizona Diamondbacks may have the Baltimore Orioles’ number during their rare interleague meetings, but right-hander Yovani Gallardo routinely has gotten the better of the desert dwellers throughout his career. O’s starter Wade Miley finally did well with the lone run scoring on seven hits while striking out eleven through 8.2 innings. Miley has struggled against Welington Castillo, who is 4-for-10 versus the hurler and has three hits in his last two games.
“That’s what they’re known for”, said reliever Matt Koch, who gave up Trumbo’s game-winner when his fastball caught too much of the plate. He threw a lot of his breaking balls and just did a really nice job against us. The Orioles later loaded the bases, but Ray struck out Mancini and got Jonathan Schoop to hit into a 1-2-3 double play.
Mancini is the third player ever to homer in his first three starts, joining Arizona’s Carlos Quentin (2006) and Colorado’s Trevor Story (2016), according to STATS LCC. “We have a pretty good relationship, so I think it’s OK”, Miley told reporters after the game.
J.J. Hardy made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the second before Baltimore added three runs in the fourth.
Miley retired 12 straight batters before allowing an infield single to Mitch Haniger in the fifth. Baltimore logged nine hits and walked four times with Trey Mancini and Mark Trumbo going solo while Chris Davis drove in a pair.
Mancini led off the fourth with a towering shot over the center-field wall.
Arizona’s Brandon Drury went 1 for 4 with an RBI.
The Orioles have given up first-inning runs in 59 of 154 games this season. WALK-OFFS1. Diamondbacks RHP Zack Greinke (shoulder) returned to Arizona and an MRI showed no structural damage, but he is not likely to make his next start. 2. “He’s fine”, Hale said.
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Diamondbacks: RHP Robbie Ray (8-13, 4.66 ERA), scheduled to start Saturday, entered the weekend fifth in the NL with 210 strikeouts.
