Since making the Orioles’ rotation out of spring training, Bruce Zimmermann’s reveries of pitching at Camden Yards for the home team became reality.
Tuesday night’s start introduced him to some of the more rugged aspects of that role he so long sought: a visit from the rival New York Yankees as the warm, sticky air arrived at Camden Yards to make the park feel like a postage stamp.
New York’s slumbering sluggers woke up to hit Zimmermann hard Tuesday in a 5-1 Orioles loss before an announced 6,662, with Aaron Judge blasting the hardest-hit home run that Statcast has ever tracked at the park as part of a nine-hit barrage against the young left-hander.