Orioles fall to Diamondbacks, 4-3, as one bad inning does Trevor Rogers in
BALTIMORE — The Orioles seemed like a freight train that couldn’t be stopped. They came back from down six runs on Monday to beat the Diamondbacks, their sixth victory in seven games. Their manager inspired the ballclub by showing up to work with a broken jaw and a black eye from taking a line drive to the face the night before.
And the offense got off to a quick start with a 2-0 lead. But, as ...
BALTIMORE — The Orioles seemed like a freight train that couldn’t be stopped. They came back from down six runs on Monday to beat the Diamondbacks, their sixth victory in seven games. Their manager inspired the ballclub by showing up to work with a broken jaw and a black eye from taking a line drive to the face the night before.
And the offense got off to a quick start with a 2-0 lead. But, as can often happen in baseball, the script flipped after one bad inning from Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers and one big swing from the Diamondbacks. Rogers gave up four runs in the fifth inning — three of which scored on an Earl Weaver special from Ildemaro Vargas — and the offense couldn’t complete another comeback as the Orioles lost, 4-3, to end the club’s three-game winning streak.
The Orioles’ best chance to create more magic like they did Monday was in the eighth inning. After Leody Taveras’ RBI single that brought Baltimore within one, Colton Cowser walked to load the bases and bring up Jeremiah Jackson, Monday’s hero after he atoned for hitting a foul liner off Craig Albernaz’s face by blasting two homers, including a grand slam. But Jackson grounded out softly on the first pitch to end the threat, and the Orioles went down in order in the ninth against Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald.