O’s bats come alive, Baltimore splits Beltway Series: Recap 7/17/19
The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Nationals 9–2 Wednesday night to split the two-game Beltway Series at Camden Yards.
Aaron Brooks started on the mound for the Orioles but only pitched 2.2 innings. The 29-year-old allowed one earned run off two hits.
In the top of the third inning, a Víctor Robles single led to bases loaded with one out, after two straight walked batters. Robles managed to score off Adam Eaton’s sacrifice fly to give the Nationals an early 1-0 lead.
After an infield single by Anthony Rendon to load the bases again with two outs, Brooks was relieved by Gabriel Ynoa. With the bases loaded and a full count on Juan Soto, Ynoa forced a fly out to center field to end the inning at 1–0 Nationals.
In the bottom of the fourth inning with one out, Trey Mancini launched a home run to center field to tie the game at 1–1. The solo shot is Mancini’s 18th home run of the season.
In the top of the fifth inning, Eaton responded for Washington and hit an RBI double to score Trea Turner and give the Nats a 2–1 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, Mancini and Chance Sisco got on first and second with no outs to start the inning. Anthony Santander later scored Mancini with a single to right field that evened the game at 2 -2.
Later in the seventh, Chris Davis hit an RBI single to left field that scored Sisco and gave the Orioles a 3–2 lead. Davis finished the game 2-for-4.
With two outs in the seventh, Rio Ruiz hit a sacrifice fly to center field, and Santander dove head-first into home to beat the throw home. The O’s took a 4–2 lead heading into the eighth inning.
In the bottom of the eighth, Mancini hit his second home run of the game and 70th of his career, with a two-run shot to left field. This gave the O’s a 6–2 lead and added crucial run support for Baltimore to finish out the game with a victory. Mancini finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs. He is tonight’s MSB Orioles Player of the Game!
The O’s were not done in the eighth inning, as Sisco scored on a sacrifice fly by Santander to pad the lead to 7–2. The Orioles went on a hitting spree in the eighth, stretching the lead to 9–2.
Mychal Givens closed it out in a save situation and ended the game with a final score of 9–2.
The Orioles are off Thursday, before facing the Boston Red Sox Friday in a three-game series in Baltimore.
