Colton Cowser threw Craig Kimbrel's 422nd save ball, which tied him with Billy Wagner for seventh on the career saves list, into a fountain. Whoops!
Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg and Ryan O'Hearn homered, Grayson Rodriguez pitched six solid innings and the Baltimore Orioles trounced the Minnesota Twins 11-3 on Tuesday night. Colton Cowser had two more hits for the Orioles, who have taken the first two games of this series. Rodriguez (3-0) allowed two runs and four hits. It was the fourth straight game Baltimore homered at least three times, the first time the team has had a streak that long since 2013.
OK, so Jackson Holliday's first five days in the big leagues were anything but special and, in fact, they were pretty darned bad, as he became only the fifth player in the past decade to strike out multiple times in each of his first four career games -- Domingo Santana (2014), Bobby Dalbec (2020), Liover Peguero (2022-23), Wade Meckler (2023). To be clear about one thing upfront: Be patient, particularly if you sank a hefty investment into Holliday. Four games does neither a season nor career make, and the only shred of a negative to his story thus far is that the Baltimore Orioles are loaded with young talent all over the diamond -- they're the effective 2024 version of the 2023 Cincinnati Reds -- so if the rookie's slump extends for weeks, they can't afford to be too patient, especially not with their goal being an AL East title.
No | Player | P |
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45 | P | |
53 | P | |
74 | P | |
38 | P | |
39 | P | |
78 | P | |
54 | P | |
19 | P | |
46 | P | |
64 | P | |
47 | P | |
58 | P | |
48 | P | |
30 | P | |
49 | P | |
55 | P | |
71 | P | |
68 | P |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
27 | C | |
35 | C |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
2 | SS | |
7 | 2B | |
3 | 2B | |
6 | 1B | |
32 | 1B | |
29 | 3B | |
11 | 3B |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
17 | RF | |
21 | LF | |
13 | RF | |
31 | CF | |
25 | RF |