
The San Diego Padres are in scorching form heading into Friday’s collection opener in opposition to the host Baltimore Orioles.
The Orioles are additionally hoping to get again on monitor.
The Padres ought to be using a brand new excessive after Dylan Seth’s no-hitter in Washington on Thursday afternoon gave San Diego its fifth straight win.
Seth walked three and struck out 9 in a 3-0 win over the Nationals.
“It is nice that the protection performed nicely,” Padres supervisor Mike Shildt stated.
Regardless of the rain-interrupted sport and postgame celebrations for Seth’s feat, the Padres had just one transient journey earlier than the collection in Baltimore, the place they are going to full a nine-game street journey.
After the All-Star break, the Orioles had a 3-3 report. They beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 in 10 innings on Thursday, snapping a three-game dropping streak and recovering after blowing a six-run lead.
“I believe our guys knew very, very nicely that we should always win that sport simply,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “I believe some guys are pissed off with their efficiency proper now. We simply must get again to the workforce idea.”
Friday’s opener of a three-game collection kicks off a six-day, seven-game homestand for Baltimore.
“Our membership has all the religion on this planet,” Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser stated. “We’ll assist one another. We’ll exit and do our greatest every single day.”
The Orioles really feel they need to take the step extra typically as they attempt to preserve their standing as among the best groups within the majors.
“We simply haven’t got all of it collectively proper now,” Hyde stated.
Cowser hit a three-run homer on Thursday and is 8-for-20 in his six-game successful streak.
“I do not give it some thought an excessive amount of,” he stated.
Baltimore will take the mound to right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (12-4, 3.83 ERA), who has gained 4 of his final 5 begins. That features six innings at Texas State on Saturday, when he allowed two runs on three hits, struck out eight and walked two.
Final yr, as a rookie, Rodriguez went seven innings and allowed one run in San Diego, incomes a win.
The Padres will recall Adam Mazur (1-3, 7.84 ERA) from Triple-A El Paso to start out Friday. The rookie right-hander final pitched within the majors on July 9, when he allowed 5 runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings in a loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Mazur will make his first begin in opposition to Baltimore and will likely be in for a tricky transfer after Seth’s gem.
“Having the ability to do that and exit and expertise it, I actually do not know what it appears like,” Seth stated. “Simply be glad.”
Together with the loss to Cleveland after the break, 4 of San Diego’s final six video games have ended with shutouts. The Padres have allowed a complete of 4 runs of their five-game successful streak.
–Scene-level media