CLEVELAND -- The bullpen phone at Progressive Field rang much sooner than anyone had anticipated. In Saturday's 11-4 loss to the Indians, the Orioles made a call to the 'pen in the first inning. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter ordered right-handed reliever Vance Worley to begin warming up.
Worley wouldn't be needed in the first, as starter Ubaldo Jimenez finally escaped after facing the entire Tribe lineup and surrendering four runs (one earned). However, things did not fare much better in the second, and Showalter had no choice but to pull the plug on Jimenez after just 1 2/3 innings.