BALTIMORE ORIOLES NOTES:
NIFTY FIFTY: The O’s defeated the Yankees last night, 6-3, to clinch their 50th win of the season…Did not earn their 50th win last year until their 99th game on July 28…Entering today’s games, the O’s were one of six teams with at least 50 wins, along with the Braves (58-28), Rays (57-32), Rangers (51-36), Marlins (51-37), and Diamondbacks (50-37).
Dean Kremer struck out a career-high 10 batters over a season-high-tying 7.0 innings (also: 6/24 vs. SEA), allowing two runs (1 ER) on four hits (1 HR) with one walk to earn his career-best ninth win of the year.
Ryan O’Hearn launched his seventh homer of the year, a two-run blast in the ninth inning to extend Baltimore’s lead to 6-3.
Cedric Mullins went 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored; marked his first extra-base hits since being reinstated from the Injured List on June 24.
Jordan Westburg gave the O’s a 3-2 lead with a two-run triple in the sixth inning, his first career three-bagger and first multi-RBI game.
Félix Bautista recorded his 23rd save of the year and his fourth of four outs, allowing one walk with two strikeouts.
Colton Cowser went 1-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI, and a walk in his MLB debut.
DEAN’S LIST: Last night, Dean Kremer became the third O’s hurler to fan 10+ batters in a game this season, joining Kyle Gibson (11, 4/22 vs. DET) and Kyle Bradish (10, 6/8 at MIL)… Kremer is one of five O’s pitchers to record a double-digit strikeout game since 2019, along with Bradish (3x), John Means (2x), Gibson (1x), and Asher Wojciechowski (1x)…He recorded a career-high 18 whiffs, tied for the most by an Oriole this year.
Kremer’s nine wins lead the O’s and rank tied for third in the AL and tied for seventh in MLB.
GETTING OUT IN A HURRY: Ryan O’Hearn’s home run last night had a hang time of 3.50 seconds, the shortest hang time on an O’s homer this year and 10th-shortest on a home run in MLB, per Statcast…In the Statcast era (since 2015), only two out-of-the-park homers by O’s batters have had a shorter hang time: Ryan Mountcastle on June 19, 2021 vs. Toronto (3.47 seconds) and Rougned Odor on May 24, 2022 vs. New York-AL (3.48 seconds)…O’Hearn’s homer had a maximum height of 51 feet, the second-lowest on an O’s homer this year behind Adam Frazier on April 30 at Detroit (47 feet).
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Baltimore is in the middle of a seven-game road trip to complete the pre-All-Star Break schedule…The O’s have gone 1-2 in the first three games of a four-game set against the Yankees in the Bronx, which wraps up tonight…The O’s will then travel to the Twin Cities for three games against Minnesota over the weekend…The Orioles open after the break with a six-game homestand against Miami and Los Angeles-NL from July 14-19.
AGAINST THE YANKEES: The Orioles and Yankees are meeting for the third time this year and for the second and final series between the two squads in the Bronx…The Orioles have gone 4-5 against the Yankees so far this season…The O’s will host the Yanks in Baltimore for three games from July 28-30…The Birds went 7-12 against the Yankees in 2022, 4-6 at home and 3-6 at Yankee Stadium.
Entering the current four-game set, the O’s had gone 5-0-1 in their last six series against AL East foes.
STARTING PITCHER – #39 KYLE BRADISH RHP 4-4, 3.58 ERA
QUICK HITS: Scheduled to make his 16th start of the season, ninth on the road, and fourth career start against the Yankees tonight…Made 23 starts in his rookie season with the Orioles in 2022…Went 4-7 with a 4.90 ERA (64 ER/117.2 IP) with 111 strikeouts to 46 walks…Was one of 13 O’s players (7 pitchers) to make their debut in 2022…Started on the bump for Adley Rutschman’s debut on May 21 vs. Tampa Bay…Tossed 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings across four starts from August 26 to September 6…Acquired by the Orioles along with RHP Kyle Brnovich, RHP Zach Peek, and RHP Isaac Mattson from Los Angeles-AL in exchange for RHP Dylan Bundy on December 4, 2019…Originally drafted by the Angels in the fourth round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of New Mexico State…Teammates at NMSU with INF Joey Ortiz.
LAST TIME OUT: Dealt the loss in his last outing on July 1 vs. Minnesota…Allowed one run on seven hits (1 HR) with one walk, a wild pitch, and seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings…Received zero runs of support for the sixth time this season (last: 6/14 vs. TOR)…Marked his seventh quality start of the season; logged six such performances in 2022…Threw 94 pitches, 60 strikes.
SHIFTING SPEEDS: Bradish is holding opposing hitters to a .186/.222/.294 (19-for-102) slash line against his slider this season…His 41 punchouts via his primary pitch are tied for the 10th-most among MLB starting pitchers entering play today…In 2022, opposing batters slashed .212/.278/.343 (29-for-137) against the off-speed pitch.
HITTING HIS STRIDE: Bradish has pitched to a 3-3 record with a 2.98 ERA (21 ER/63.1 IP) and six quality starts in his last 11 outings since May 6…Has allowed
three earned runs-or-fewer in 10 of those games…Tossed a season-high 10 strikeouts on June 8 at Milwaukee…Did not allow a home run in a career-high tying three straight starts from May 28 to June 8 (also: 10/2/22-4/19/23)… Completed 7.0 innings in two of those outings (6/14 vs. TOR & 6/25 vs. SEA)… Won consecutive starts for the first time this season from June 20-25.
LIMITING THE DAMAGE: Bradish has surrendered one home run-or-fewer in each of his last 30 starts since June 13, 2022; the O’s own an 18-12 edge in those games…Marks the third-longest active streak among MLB starting pitchers and longest by an O’s starter since Ubaldo Jiménez accomplished the feat in 36 straight starts from July 23, 2015 to September 10, 2016.
LIFE ON THE ROAD: Making his ninth road start of the season…Has pitched to a 2-1 record with a 4.46 ERA (18 ER/36.1 IP) through his first eight road assignments this season…Earned the win in his last start away from Oriole Park on June 20 at Tampa Bay…Allowed two runs on four hits with two walks, a hit batter, and eight strikeouts in 5.0 innings…Marked his first career victory against an AL East opponent…Threw 92 pitches, 59 strikes.
CAREER AGAINST THE YANKEES: Making his fourth career start against the Yankees tonight…Did not factor into the decision in his last start against the AL East foe on May 23 at Yankee Stadium…Surrendered four runs on seven hits (1 HR) with three walks and three strikeouts in 5.0 innings…Threw 90 pitches, 51 strikes…Has pitched to an 0-1 record with a 5.02 ERA (8 ER/14.1 IP) through his first three career starts against the Yankees.
CAREER AGAINST THE AL EAST: Making his 19th career start against the AL East…Has pitched to a 1-9 record with a 7.05 ERA (65 ER/83.0 IP) through his first 18 outings against the division…Earned his first career win against the AL East in his last start against the division on June 20 at Tampa Bay.
SWING AND A MISS: Bradish registered 16 swings and misses on May 12 vs. Pittsburgh, his second-most in a game in his career behind the 17 he recorded
on August 26, 2022 at Houston.
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their seven-game homestand tonight with the final game of a four-game set vs. the Baltimore Orioles (2-1 thus far)…will also face the Chicago Cubs this weekend in their final series before the All-Star break (Fri.-Sun.).
With a 48-39 (.552) record, the Yankees own the fifth-best record in the American League.
Have won three of their last five games, five of their last eight games, seven of their last 11 games and nine of their last 15 games (since 6/20).
Have won three of their last four completed series.
Including this series, have won or split 12 of their last 17 series (since 5/8) and 13 of their last 19 series (since 5/1).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Orioles, 6-3, on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium…RHP Randy Vásquez (5.0IP, 3H, 0R, 3BB, 1K) did not record a decision despite
tossing 5.0 scoreless innings…3B Josh Donaldson (2-for3, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 1BB) reached base a season-high three times and hit a go-ahead solo HR in the fifth inning…C
Kyle Higashioka (1-for-2, 1RBI) recorded an RBI single in the fifth inning…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-3, 2R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit a solo HR in the eighth inning… PH/LF Billy McKinney (1-for-1) hit a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning…LHP Nick Ramirez (0.1IP, 3H, 3ER) recorded his first loss of the season after allowing a season-high 3ER…RHP Michael King (2.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 2K) allowed 1ER over 2.2IP…RHP Ian Hamilton (1.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 1HR) allowed a two-run HR to Ryan O’Hearn in the ninth inning.
PITCH PERFECT: Yankees pitchers have posted a 3.70 ERA this season, the fourth-lowest ERA in the Majors, trailing only Minnesota (3.55), Houston (3.61) and Atlanta (3.63)…also rank third in the Majors in opponents’ BA (.232) and fifth in WHIP (1.23).
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit 7HR over their first three games of their current series vs. Baltimore… have hit 17HR in nine games vs. Baltimore this year and 45HR in their last 25 games vs. Baltimore (since 4/26/22).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo had his season-high 19-game on-base streak snapped on Wednesday (6/11-7/4), his longest such streak since a 23- game streak from 6/26-7/24/19 with Chicago-NL.
STANTON ISLAND: Since 2019, DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has hit .346/.420/.566 (55-for-159) with 21R, 8 doubles, 9HR, 34RBI, 21BB and 1SF in 42 games vs. the Orioles since 2019.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader is hitting .314/.342/.543 (11-for-35) with 5R, 5 doubles, 1HR, 9RBI, 1BB, 1HP and 1SF over his last nine games (since 6/24)…has recorded multiple hits in four of his last eight games (since 6/25) and has reached base multiple times in five of those games.
As a Yankee, has hit .362/.365/.638 (17-for-47) with 4 doubles, 3HR, 31RBI, 2BB and 3SF with RISP.
Has 5RBI in his last two games, 7RBI in his last five games and 9RBI in his last eight games.
THE EAST IS A BEAST: Five of the top eight records in the American League, including four of the top six, are held by AL East teams…the AL East is the only division in the Majors to have five teams with a winning record…no other division has more than three such teams (AL West, NL East and NL West: three; NL Central: two; AL Central: one).
WE WERE ON A BREAK: The Yankees will enter the All-Star break with a record of .500-or-better for the 27th consecutive season with an All-Star break (1996-2019, ’21-23)…marks the second-longest streak in Major League history behind the Yankees’ 32 straight seasons from 1933-64.
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .389/.442/.611 (14-for-36) with 9R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 8RBI, 5BB, 2SF and 1SB over his last 12 games (since 6/22).
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe hit a solo HR in the eighth inning on Wednesday…has 2HR in his last three games…is batting .432/.447/.703 (16-for-37)
with 10R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 3RBI, 1BB and 1SB over his last 10 games (since 6/25).
Has multiple hits in six of his last nine games.
Has reached base in 17 of his last 20 games (since 6/13), batting .354/.417/.600 (23-for-65) with 13R, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR, 5RBI, 7BB and 2SB over that span.
His 12HR are the most by a Yankees shortstop (min. 50% games at SS) since 2019 when Didi Gregorius hit 16HR and Gleyber Torres hit 38HR (77G at SS/65G at 2B).
His 12HR are also the most by a Yankees rookie since 2019 when Mike Tauchman hit 13HR and Mike Ford hit 12HR.
OH MY JOSH: INF Josh Donaldson reached base a season-high three times on Wednesday and hit a go-ahead solo HR in the fifth inning…has 9HR in 27 games this season…nine of his 13H this season have been homers.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres has reached base in 22 of his last 25 games (since 6/8-G1).
GETTING HIGGY WITH IT: C Kyle Higashioka recorded an RBI single in the fifth inning on Wednesday…has hit .324 (11-for34) with 2 doubles, 13RBI, 5BB and 1SF with RISP this season.
Has hit .321/.345/.472 (17-for-53) with 6R, 5 doubles, 1HR, 9RBI and 2BB in his last 16 starts (since 5/28).
JAKE RAKES: INF/OF Jake Bauers has had eight of his last 10 hits, 11 of his last 15 hits and 17 of his last 23 hits have gone for extra bases (12 doubles, 5HR).
BIG DADDY KANE: RHP Tommy Kahnle has not allowed a run in 14 appearances this year, posting a .114 opponents’ BA (5-for-44)…owns a career-high 18.2 scoreless inning
streak (since 9/24/22).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (1-3, 6.30 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino will make his ninth start of the season in tonight’s series finale vs. Baltimore…the 29-year-old will make the start on regular four days’ rest…last started in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday at St. Louis and took his third loss of the season after allowing 9R/7ER over 4.0IP (9H, 3BB, 2K, 2HR)…his 7ER matched a season high (also 7ER on 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL) and matched his second-most ER in a game in his career (trails only his 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston)…missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…went 7-3 with a 3.18 ERA (102.0IP, 72H, 37R/36ER, 30BB, 112K, 14HR) in 19 starts for the Yankees in 2022…allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 15 of his starts, 2ER-or-fewer in 12 of those starts and one-or-zero earned runs in nine of those games…missed 59 team games in 2022 with a low grade right lat strain (7/14-9/20)… the two-time AL All-Star (2017, ’18) ranked third in the Majors in 2018 with 19 wins (19-8), tied for second-most by a Yankee in the last 14 seasons (since 2009) behind CC Sabathia (21-7 in 2010)…has two of the top-eight single-season strikeout totals in Yankees history (230K in 2017, 220K in 2018)…is one of four pitchers in Yankees history with multiple 200-strikeout seasons (also Gerrit Cole from 2021-22, David Cone from 1997-98 and Ron Guidry from 1978-79)…finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting…was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11…signed to a four-year contract extending through the 2022 season with a club option for the 2023 season on 2/15/19…the Yankees exercised his club option for the 2023 season on 11/7/22.
LAST START: Took his third loss of the season in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday at St. Louis after allowing 9R/7ER over 4.0IP (9H, 3BB, 2K, 2HR)…his 7ER matched a season high (also 7ER on 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL) and matched his second-most ER in a game in his career (trails only his 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston)…his 9R allowed were the second-most he’s surrendered in a game in his career (trails only his 10R allowed on 8/12/17 vs. Boston).
2023: Will make his ninth start of the season tonight…is 1-3 with a 6.30 ERA (40.0IP, 28ER) and 34K in eight starts this year…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three starts this season and 3ER-or-fewer in four starts…made six straight starts that came after a Yankees’ loss from 5/27-6/24…the Yankees are 4-4 in his eight starts this season.
Recorded his first win of the season in the Yankees’ 1-0 victory on 6/24 vs. Texas, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings (5H, 2BB, 4K)…marked his first scoreless start of the season and first such start since 10/3/22 at Texas (7.0IP)…snapped a four-start streak with 4R-or-more allowed (6/2-18).
Took his second loss of the season in Game 2 of a doubleheader on 6/18 at Boston, allowing 4R/3ER over 5.0IP (7H, 3BB, 6K)…his 6K matched a season high (also 6K on 6/8-G1 vs. Chicago-AL).
Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 7-6 win on 6/13 at New York-NL, despite allowing 6R/5ER over 4.2IP (7H, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP, 2BK).
Allowed at least 3HR in back-to-back starts on 6/2 at LAD and 6/8-G1 vs. CWS…marked just the third time in his career he allowed multiple HR in consecutive starts (also three starts from 7/7-23/18 and two starts from 5/3-8/16).
Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 6-5 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 6/8 vs. Chicago-AL despite allowing 4ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 5.0IP (6H, 2BB, 6K, 1HP)…his 6K marked a season high.
Took his first loss of the season on 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL after allowing 7ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 4.0IP (9H, 1BB, 2K)…marked his most ER in a game since he allowed a career-high 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston…surrendered six of his seven ER in the first inning.
Did not record a decision on 5/27 vs. San Diego despite allowing just 2R/1ER over 6.2IP (1H, 3BB, 5K, 1HR)…surrendered his only hit on a solo HR by Fernando Tatis Jr. in the fourth inning.
Did not record a decision in his first start of the season on 5/21 at Cincinnati (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day injured list on 5/21 prior to his start.
Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three straight starts from 10/3/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a five-start streak from 7/15-8/6/17…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five straight starts from 9/21/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a nine-start streak from 9/12/18-4/20/22).
Missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…combined to make two rehab starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (5/10) and Double-A Somerset (5/16), posting a 4.05 ERA (6.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, 1HR).
VS. BALTIMORE: Is 7-1 with a 3.39 ERA (63.2IP, 24ER) and 65K in 12 career appearances (10 starts) vs. the Orioles…will make his first start vs. Baltimore this season tonight…in two starts vs. the Orioles last season, went 2-0 with a 3.75 ERA (12.0IP, 5ER) and 12K.
Has recorded the win in each of his last six starts vs. the Orioles (since 5/30/17), going 6-0 with a 2.54 ERA (39.0IP, 11ER) and 43K over that stretch.
Six of his 10 career starts vs. Baltimore have been quality starts.
