Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios will look to proceed his dominance of the Baltimore Orioles when the groups meet within the second sport of a three-game sequence on Wednesday evening in Baltimore
The Blue Jays will attempt to bounce again from an 11-6 loss on Tuesday evening. Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson homered in his third straight sport, this time hitting a grand slam that broke the competition open within the third inning
Berrios (6-4, 3.61 ERA) is 9-0 with a 2.92 ERA and his solely profession shutout in 12 profession begins in opposition to the Orioles. He has 67 strikeouts and simply 16 walks in 77 innings vs. them
The suitable-hander is rolling general as effectively, going 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA in his previous 4 begins. Throughout that run, Berrios has struck out 18, walked 12 and held opponents to a .202 batting common. In his previous 11 begins, he’s 6-2 with a 2.53 ERA.
Final trip, Berrios gave up two runs on 4 hits over six innings in a win in opposition to the Houston Astros on Thursday.
“I believe execution, competence, actually being convicted with a plan,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated of Berrios’ success. “I believe he is been superior. I believe if you’re going good and you’ve got that string of high quality begins, you’re feeling a bit extra free and a bit extra comfy with what you are doing.
Baltimore will counter Wednesday with right-hander Kyle Bradish (2-2, 4.25 ERA), who will make his twelfth begin of the season.
Bradish gave up three runs on six hits in 5 innings throughout his newest begin, a no-decision in opposition to the host Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. He struck out a season-high 10 and walked one in a sport the Orioles received 6-3. In his prior begin, he allowed three runs on seven hits over 4 innings in a street loss to the San Francisco Giants
“I’ve felt like I’ve thrown the ball effectively for the previous month, however simply name it a bounce-back — I used to be in a position to strike out some extra guys,” Bradish stated. “Nonetheless started working on placing guys away in 4 pitches, however yeah, massive confidence enhance proper there.”
Bradish is 0-2 with a 6.95 ERA in 5 profession begins vs. Toronto, with all of these coming final 12 months.
Henderson, the reigning American League Participant of the Week, had three hits on Tuesday. He’s 13-for-24 (.542) with 4 homers, 10 RBIs and 6 runs over his previous six video games.
“Actually swinging the bat with a objective, and he is at all times had actually good strike-zone consciousness,” Baltimore supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “He was in between loads the primary month or so, and he is being extra aggressive early within the depend and doing harm on strikes, so it has been enjoyable to observe him progress.
Adam Frazier, Ryan O’Hearn and Aaron Hicks additionally homered within the sequence opener for the Orioles, who pounded out a season-high 17 hits in profitable their fifth straight sport
Earlier than the sport, the Orioles positioned first baseman Ryan Mountcastle on the 10-day injured record retroactive to Saturday attributable to vertigo
The Blue Jays, who’ve misplaced three of their previous 4, received three hits apiece from Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk, whereas Cavan Biggio homered for the second straight sport. Toronto scored 4 runs within the closing two innings and ended the sport with the bases loaded because it tried to erase what as soon as was a nine-run deficit
“You simply need these at-bats a bit of earlier within the sport,” Schneider stated. “Tonight wasn’t our evening.”
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