BALTIMORE — Chris Taylor hit a grand slam on an 0-2 pitch within the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat Baltimore 6-4, snapping the Orioles’ eight-game successful streak Monday evening.
Los Angeles trailed 4-1 coming into the sixth earlier than Will Smith’s RBI single. Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez left with males on first and second and no one out, and for a second it seemed like Bryan Baker (3-3) may escape the jam when he induced two straight flyouts.
But after getting forward 0-2 on Jason Heyward, Baker issued a stroll to load the bases. After an 0-2 rely on Taylor, the right-hander stored throwing fastballs across the plate, and following a pair extra foul balls, the Los Angeles shortstop hit a drive to heart subject for his twelfth homer of the yr.
Emmet Sheehan (3-0) allowed 4 runs in 5 innings, however the Orioles didn’t come all that near scoring on the Los Angeles bullpen. Ryan Brasier labored a hitless ninth for his first save since becoming a member of the Dodgers final month. He did permit a stroll to Colton Cowser main off the inning when he was referred to as for a pitch timer violation with the rely full.
Freddie Freeman completed a homer shy of the cycle for the Dodgers, and his triple to heart – which Aaron Hicks couldn’t fairly maintain onto on the wall – began the large sixth inning.
Adley Rutschman homered for the Orioles.
Ryan Mountcastle opened the scoring for Baltimore with an RBI double within the first. Adam Frazier hit a run-scoring grounder within the second, and Gunnar Henderson adopted with an RBI triple to make it 3-0.
After J.D. Martinez’s RBI single within the fourth, Rutschman made it 4-1 with a solo homer within the fifth.
RETURN
One of baseball’s prime prospects when he made his debut early this season, Rodriguez was despatched down after posting a 7.35 ERA in 10 begins. He was recalled to make Monday’s begin and was sharp early, reaching triple digits along with his fastball. But he was charged with 4 runs in five-plus innings when the runners he left within the fifth each ended up scoring.
IT’S OFFICIAL
Baltimore signed OF Enrique Bradfield, its first-round draft decide.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: Heyward (neck soreness) was within the lineup and went 0 for two however drew the sport’s key stroll.
Orioles: OF Cedric Mullins (quad tightness) missed a second straight recreation.
UP NEXT
The Orioles ship RHP Tyler Wells (7-4) to the mound towards RHP Michael Grove (1-2) of the Dodgers on Tuesday evening.
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