Left-handed reliever Richard Bleier was the first to acknowledge the results weren’t pretty, but he was pleased with everything else about his first appearance in a game since he suffered a severe lat muscle injury in June.
Bleier retired just two batters and allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits in the Orioles’ 6-1 split-squad loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday night. But it wasn’t really about that when you’ve waited eight months to get back on the mound.
He looked comfortable out there and had decent command, giving up a couple of opposite-field doubles to right-handed hitters and a bad-hop single on the infield.