Tomoyuki Sugano struggled once again, the offense provide him no support and the O’s lost another rubber match with a 6-0 loss to the Rangers.
Sugano was looking to bounce back from his rough month of June, and he showed promising signs early on. After giving up a 1st inning lead-off single to Josh Smith, Sugano retired the next six batters he faced while picking up a pair of strikeouts. He showed plenty of the things that made him successful early in the season—successfully pitching to contact, using his splitter effectively and keeping his fastball out of the middle of the plate.