Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 efficient innings because the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Seattle Mariners 2-0 Tuesday night time within the opener of a three-game sequence between division leaders.
The American League East-leading Orioles gained for the fifth time of their previous six video games whereas the AL West-leading Mariners dropped their third in a row.
Rodriguez (10-3) allowed simply two hits, each by Josh Rojas — a two-out single within the third inning and a leadoff single within the sixth. The best-hander walked 4 and struck out eight.
Yennier Cano, Cionel Perez and Craig Kimbrel mixed for two 2/3 innings of hitless reduction to finish the two-hitter. Regardless of hitting two batters with pitches within the ninth, Kimbrel earned his twentieth save.
The Orioles opened the scoring within the fourth inning after Gunnar Henderson grounded a leadoff single to middle subject off Mariners starter George Kirby (7-6).
Adley Rutschman hit a grounder to second baseman Jorge Polanco, whose foot slipped as he made the throw to second, the ball hitting a sliding Henderson within the again to place two runners on. With one out, Anthony Santander grounded a run-scoring single to proper.
The Orioles doubled their benefit within the seventh. Jordan Westburg grounded a one-out single to proper and Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins singled up the center, the latter bringing dwelling the run.
That was it for Kirby, who allowed two runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, with one stroll and 5 strikeouts.
Former Oriole Austin Voth changed Kirby and walked Jorge Mateo to load the bases. Voth caught Henderson a referred to as third strike and bought Rutschman to fly out to proper to keep away from any additional injury.
Mariners middle fielder Julio Rodriguez, who entered the sport in a 2-for-32 stoop, was dropped to the No. 7 spot within the batting order. Rodriguez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, together with a whiff with runners at second and third to finish the sport.
–Discipline Stage Media