It Was Close Until It Wasn’t
Sunday at Yankee Stadium was an embarrassment for the Baltimore Orioles as they fell to the New York Yankees (23-11) by a score of 11-3. A seven run eighth inning by the Yankees begs the question, what is the state of our pitching?
The day must have been bittersweet for RHP Trey Gibson as he made his MLB debut in the loss. Gibson pitched well in allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work. Meanwhile, his counterpart, Max Fried allowed 3 runs on 6 hits with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts across 5.1 innings. Gibson was the victim of homeruns by Ben Rice (solo) and Aaron Judge (2-run) and exited with the game tied at 3 runs apiece.
Grant Wolfram (1-1) took the loss for the run he allowed on Ryan McMahon‘s RBI-single with one out in the sixth inning.
The game remained at 4-3 Yankees until the bottom of the eighth when Andrew Kittredge imploded and allowed 7 runs on 7 hits, including a Jasson Dominguez two-run homerun in one-third of an inning. The Yankees sent a dozen batters to the plate in the inning with Dominguez hitting a RBI-double to go with his homerun. The inning saw 6 singles, a double, a homerun and a walk. Dietrich Enns allowed 2 of Kittredge’s inherited runners to score.
Offensively for the Orioles, Pete Alonso went 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored. Blaze Alexander went 2 for 4 with a RBI, his first since Opening Day. Leody Taveras went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI and a walk.
Four other Orioles recorded single in the game.
A tepid offense compounded by questionable pitching does not bode well for future success. To add context, Baltimore had a 13-21 record after 34 games in 2025, 2 games behind this season’s pace..
2026 Record: 15-19
Next Game: Mon. 5/4 @ 7:05 pm @ New York Yankees