Baltimore Orioles at San Diego Padres
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O'Hearn and Henderson back rookie Rodriguez as the Orioles beat the Padres 4-1
Rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) held the Padres to one run on three hits while going seven innings for the first time. He struck out six and walked one to win for the first time in nine starts. His last victory came May 9 against Tampa Bay.
“That's his best start of the year, hands down,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “The homer to (Garrett) Cooper and that was really it. Just total command from start to finish.”
Hyde said if Rodriguez hadn't walked Xander Bogaerts with two outs in the seventh, “there's a chance he's going to go back out there for the eighth inning. On a night where we're extremely short in the bullpen, he goes seven great innings for us.”
Rodriguez retired Jake Cronenworth to get out of the seventh.
"Any time you don't get the ball taken away from you, obviously the manager and pitching coach, they have some confidence left in you, so really just being able to go back after that hitter after the walk, that was big for me,” Rodriguez said.
Félix Bautista finished the combined four-hitter by pitching the ninth for his AL-leading 32nd save in 38 chances. He walked Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto with one out and then got Manny Machado to ground into a double play to end it.
The Padres lost their third straight and for the seventh time in eight games. They have failed to play up to the expectations that come with having baseball's third-highest payroll and an appearance in the NL Championship Series last fall.
O'Hearn sent a drive into the home run porch in the right field corner leading off the second, his 10th.
Darvish loaded the bases with one out in the fifth by allowing consecutive singles to Aaron Hicks, who came off the injured list earlier in the day, and Jordan Westburg, followed by a walk to Adley Rutschman. Henderson then cleared them with an opposite-field double into the corner in left.
Cooper homered to straightaway center off Rodriguez leading off the sixth, his first with the Padres and his 14th this season.
“I felt really good. I felt good in the bullpen before the game and me and (Rutschman) were locked in there from the get-go,” Rodriguez said. “He did a great job tonight.”
Rodriguez was sent down to Triple-A in late May and made seven starts for Norfolk.
“That was probably the best thing for me, just being able to go back down there in the minor league atmosphere just to work on some things in games that you can't work on in the big leagues," Rodriguez said. “Really being able to go back to my roots, kind of get it together and make the trip back up here to the big leagues.”
Darvish (8-8) allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings. He had six strikeouts to move past Hideo Nomo for the most by a Japanese-born pitcher with 1,919. Nomo, a special assistant in the Padres' baseball operations department, watched from the front row of a luxury suite.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Activated Hicks, who had been sidelined for three weeks with a strained left hamstring. Optioned OF Colton Cowser to Norfolk.
Padres: Placed DH/1B Ji Man Choi on the 10-day IL with a left rib cage strain, retroactive to Saturday. Selected the contract of OF Ben Gamel from Triple-A El Paso. Transferred RHP Drew Carlton to the 60-day IL.
UP NEXT
Orioles RHP Jack Flaherty (8-7, 4.33 ERA) and Padres RHP Michael Wacha (8-2, 2.84) are scheduled to start Tuesday night. It will be Flaherty's third start since being obtained from St. Louis at the trade deadline. Wacha is scheduled to come off the injured list. He's been out with right shoulder inflammation since July 2.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Machado grounded into double play, third to second to first, Soto out at second. | |
9th Inning | Soto walked. | |
9th Inning | Tatis Jr. stole second. | |
9th Inning | Tatis Jr. walked. | |
9th Inning | Kim fouled out to catcher. | |
9th Inning | Bautista relieved Webb |
Statistics
BAL | SD | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
14 | Ground Balls | 11 |
8 | Strikeouts | 6 |
4 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
9 | Hits | 4 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
2 | Walks | 3 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
4 | Runs | 1 |
2 | Ground Into Double Play | 3 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
34 | At Bats | 28 |
1 | Home Runs | 1 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
10 | Runners Left On Base | 7 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
2 | Doubles | 0 |
12 | Fly Balls | 11 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
109 | Pitches | 127 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
14 | Total Bases | 7 |
36 | Plate Appearances | 31 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
3 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
3.6 | Runs Created | 0.5 |
.265 | Batting Average | .143 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.412 | Slugging Percentage | .250 |
.206 | Secondary Average | .250 |
.306 | On Base Percentage | .226 |
.717 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .476 |
1.2 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.0 |
3.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 0.5 |
32.0 | Batter Rating | 12.0 |
34.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 28.0 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.03 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.10 |
.147 | Isolated Power | .107 |
0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.50 |
.056 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .097 |
-.059 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .107 |
8.0 | Runs Produced | 2.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.1 |
82.3 | MLB Rating | 65.5 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 38,176 | Capacity:
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 94 | 68 | .580 | - | W1 |
Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | W3 |
Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | W1 |
Tampa Bay | 80 | 82 | .494 | 14 | L1 |
Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | L3 |
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |