The opener of the three-game series between two streaking teams was a disappointment for the Orioles. Now they\u2019ll get two chances today to redeem themselves.<\/p>\n
After the Birds\u2019 four-error, one-run loss on Monday snapped their seven-game winning streak \u2014 and extended Boston\u2019s to 14 \u2014 last night\u2019s rainout has led to a split doubleheader to finish the series. Dean Kremer and Jake Bennett, who were originally slated to start the regularly scheduled 7:10 game, have both been moved up to the afternoon contest. Kyle Bradish will make his second-half debut in the nightcap.<\/p>\n
If Kremer hopes to cool down the red-hot Red Sox, he\u2019ll need to work a little further into the game than he has recently. He went just four innings in Houston last Friday and five against the Cubs the week before. He has pitched well in his most recent outings against the Sox, working 5.1 scoreless innings against them last season and 7.1 frames of one-run ball in 2024. Kremer has held Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela in check (1-for-8 each) but has struggled against Masataka Yoshida (5-for-10) and Jarren Duran (5-for-11).<\/p>\n
The Orioles will get their first look at Bennett, a 25-year-old who was Boston\u2019s second-round pick in 2022. He\u2019s had a fantastic introduction to the majors, posting a 2.35 ERA in nine starts since debuting May 1. With the O\u2019s facing a lefty for the second straight game, Craig Albernaz is running it back with the same lineup he used against Payton Tolle on Monday, except with Jackson Holliday starting at second instead of Jeremiah Jackson.<\/p>\n
Can the Orioles find enough spark to snap Boston\u2019s epic streak? It would help if the O\u2019s could actually play defense today.<\/p>\n
LF Taylor Ward
1B Pete Alonso
SS Gunnar Henderson
RF Tyler O\u2019Neill
DH Coby Mayo
CF Leody Taveras
3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand
2B Jackson Holliday
C Sam Huff<\/p>\n
DH Masataka Yoshida
CF Ceddanne Rafaela
RF Wilyer Abreu
1B Willson Contreras
3B Caleb Durbin
2B Romy Gonzalez
LF Jarren Duran
C Connor Wong
SS Tsung-Che Cheng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opener of the three-game series between two streaking teams was a disappointment for the Orioles. Now they\u2019ll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,76458,2538,5,4,125],"class_list":["post-758639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimore-orioles-game-information","tag-baltimoreorioles","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-orioles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116964785057899725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}