The Orioles just got absolutely swept tonight, and man, it blew away every ounce of goodwill and excitement they’d built up from that series against the Rays last weekend. This brutal 6-1 loss to the Yankees at Camden Yards was a total gut punch, packing in all the bad stuff: the offense couldn’t touch Gerrit Cole, one huge error cost them big, and Kyle Bradish struggled hard for his second straight start. Not exactly an uplifting night, right?
Bradish’s Rough Ride and Henderson’s Costly Slip
Let’s talk about Bradish first, because wow, that was a struggle. He faced only three batters in the first, but the warning signs were flashing early. He walked leadoff batter Trent Grisham on six pitches, and to top it off, Carlos Narváez challenged ball four and lost it! On the very first batter! Ben Rice thankfully bailed Bradish out by swinging at ball four after a 3-2 count, popping out. Then Heliot Ramos grounded into the first of three Yankees double plays to end the inning. So, a shaky start, but he escaped.
The third inning, though? That was the real killer for Bradish, and Gunnar Henderson didn’t help. Back-to-back singles put runners on the corners with no outs. José Caballero hit a groundball to Jackson Holliday, who fired to Henderson for the double play, but Henderson just flat-out missed the catch! No outs recorded, and a run scored. While the next batter did hit into a double play, Bradish still couldn’t close out the inning cleanly. Three batters and three hits later, the Orioles were staring at a 3-0 deficit. Bradish went back out for the sixth after hitting 89 pitches in the fifth, giving up two more baserunners before getting yanked after two home runs. His final line: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K. Henderson’s error might have made some runs unearned, but Bradish allowed three more hits after that play. Just not good enough.
Offense Went Silent Against Cole’s Fire
Honestly, even if Bradish had pitched lights out, it might not have mattered with how the Orioles’ offense performed. They looked like they had something cooking in the first when Pete Alonso singled and Gunnar Henderson walked, but boom, stranded. That was the start of the pain. After Samuel Basallo’s strikeout following the Henderson walk, Cole went on a tear. He retired 11 Orioles in a row! That’s just brutal, taking him all the way through the end of the fourth inning. The hit drought finally broke in the fifth when Dylan Beavers stepped up and absolutely crushed a 97 mph fastball up and into the flag court. That got the Orioles on the board, cutting the lead to 3-1 at the time. But it was just a solo shot, and Cole just shut them down.
This sweep by the Yankees means all that good vibe from last weekend is completely gone, and the Orioles are now sitting six games below .500. This team needs to regroup fast and figure out how to get consistent pitching and hit Cole-level aces, or it’s gonna be a long season trying to claw back.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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