Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers

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Baltimore Orioles

52-55, 23-28 Away

Final
8 - 5

Detroit Tigers

50-57, 29-26 Home

Holliday's 4 hits, Orioles' 3 homers leads to an 8-5 victory over the Tigers

Squirrel evades the entire Tigers grounds crew

The Orioles had gone nine straight games without a multi-homer game. But, against the Tigers, Baltimore went deep twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and scored in five of the first six innings.

Detroit lost its third straight game, falling to 50-57 and facing tough decisions heading into the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

Grant Wolfram (3-2) picked up the win in relief and Rico Garcia pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Baltimore took a 1-0 lead in the first when Pete Alonso scored on a Taylor Ward groundout, then added two more in the second.

Holliday led off with a double and took third when third baseman Colt Keith misplayed Coby Mayo's grounder. Jeremiah Jackson's groundout scored Holliday, and Dylan Beavers added a two-out RBI single.

Detroit got a run back in its half of the second. Leody Tavares missed a sliding catch on a sinking line drive, and Zach McKinstry turned it into a triple. Hao-Yu Lee drove a ball to the 412-foot mark in centerfield for a sacrifice fly.

Baltimore made it 4-1 in the third on Mayo's RBI single, but missed a chance to add on when Chadwick Tromp grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.

Detroit took advantage in the fourth, loading the bases with no one out on two hits and a walk. Lee made it 4-2 with an infield single, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, and Matt Vierling's sacrifice fly made it a one-run game.

Keider Montero (7-6) retired the first batter of the fifth, but Tavares homered and Holliday singled. Brenan Hanifee came in to pitch and was greeted by Mayo, who hit a two-run homer to make it 7-3.

The Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the inning, ending Bradish's night. Yennier Cano got out of the inning and Tyler O'Neill led off the sixth with a pinch-hit homer.

Taylor Ward extended his on-base streak to 20 games with a pair of walks.

Up next The teams continue their three-game series on Tuesday with Detroit RHP Troy Melton (5-1, 1.95 ERA) facing RHP Dean Kremer (1-3, 5.06).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dingler fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	McGonigle struck out looking. Baltimore Orioles challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Vierling struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Garcia relieved Kittredge
	9th Inning	Holliday struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Taveras grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Ward out at second.

Statistics

BAL		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	7
3	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	3
37	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	20
1	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	15
42	Plate Appearances	38
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
8.0	Runs Created	4.8
.324	Batting Average	.324
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.622	Slugging Percentage	.441
.405	Secondary Average	.147
.405	On Base Percentage	.316
1.026	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.757
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
7.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
58.0	Batter Rating	37.5
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.297	Isolated Power	.118
1.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.176
16.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
104.3	MLB Rating	87.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0