Nature.
It's 39 degrees this afternoon in Detroit pic.twitter.com/edXs9qBJEh
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 18, 2018
Kevin Gausman started at 1:10 PM in 36-degree weather. He went with a full overhead wind up and overcame two Trey Mancini singles to left field in the first inning. He mixed a 75 MPH curveball into start the third inning. Kevin Gausman fell behind Candelaria and grooved a two-seam fastball 2-0 for a right field home run. He did make it through six and he flashed a 96 MPH fastball in that inning.
Kevin Gausman throws two beautiful split-changes to Leonys Martin, man that is a pretty pitch pic.twitter.com/lk89fw6wwS
— Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) April 18, 2018
Player of the Game
Danny Valencia pounded a change up to the left-field seats. Valencia is the only Orioles that has a home run off of Tigers starter Matthew Boyd. Now has two.
Brian Roberts also did a nice job calling the game with Joe Angel on radio.
💥@DannyValencia19 with the 2nd inning dinger. #Birdland pic.twitter.com/FYOZWARQcn
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 18, 2018
Starting Pitching
Kevin Gausman was throwing his fastball 93 MPH and had his split-change working He stranded four runners through two innings. Poor execution allowed the solo home run in the third. The set up was inside and he leaked middle-middle. Kevin hung a breaking ball to Miguel Cabrera. To give the Tigers a 2-to-1 lead. In the sixth inning.
Highlighted Hitting moments:
- Danny Valencia goes yard. There were only two hits into the seventh. Getting to be a trend.
- Trey Mancini doubled and advanced to third on a Craig Gentry bunt. Safe as well. Top of the eighth inning.
- Manny Machado singled on a 3-1 pitch to tie the game.
- Adam Jones drove in the lead run with a big sacrifice fly.
- Chris Davis hit a 400 foot single to drive in the fourth Orioles run.
- Luis Sardinas homered in a pinch-hit ninth-inning opportunity.
GONE! Sardiñas comes off the bench and ties this game at 5-5 in the 9th with a home run! pic.twitter.com/G6AjbY1jfZ
— Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) April 18, 2018
Highlighted pitching moments:
- Kevin does not give up a bunch. Left in the seventh first and third.
- Miguel Castro got an important out.
- Richard Bleier is magic.
- Darren O’Day gave up blown save 3-run homer. To John Hicks. On a nothing slider.
- Pedro Araujo, in an unusual ninth-inning role, served up his second pitch as a game-winning homer to Dixon Machado.
Highlighted fielding moments:
- Engelb Vielma made his debut.
- Fantastic defensive play for Vielma in the seventh inning.
Highlighted Blunders:
Manny Machado played a JaCoby Jones grounder into a base hit. No error assigned though. He then missed a liner to his right off his glove.
Chris Davis played a sure double into a single.
Missed it by that much! Davis caps 3-run 8th inning with this long RBI single that JUST misses leaving the yard. #Orioles are up 4-2! pic.twitter.com/3XHlnx87OS
— Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) April 18, 2018
