Just like we all expected, tonight’s game was a pitchers’ duel between...Kyle Gibson and Clarke Schmidt? That can’t be right. Let me just double-check the box score and...yup. Those were the pitchers! Weird. A 1-0 Orioles’ lead after seven turned into a 3-1 victory and another series win for the Birds.
Now, with Schmidt, it seemed to be more of an issue with the Orioles letting him off the hook. He threw a ton of pitches and the Orioles weren’t able to take advantage of their baserunners. They loaded the bases with two outs in the first and wasted two on with two out in the third.