Craig Albernaz Sounds Off On 1 Key Baltimore Orioles Flaw
The Orioles can't keep making this mistake.
The Baltimore Orioles not only lost 8-4 to the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday, but it was partially because of an avoidable mistake by ace pitcher Trevor Rogers in the bottom of the third inning. Guardians catcher Austin Hedges hit a ground to Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso, who tossed the ball to Rogers so he could step on first. However, the southpaw stopped short of the bag, allowing Hedges to reach first.
The latter player then advanced to third on a Brayan Rocchio single before Steven Kwan drove him in on a sacrifice fly, which opened the scoring. Orioles manager Craig Albernaz opened up about the team's fielding mistakes by pitchers this season, via The Baltimore Sun's Jacob Calvin Meyer. "Very disappointing.
That's something we still have to clean up and get better at," he said. "We're still going to practice it all the time, because we have to, obviously. ...
That's something that we still have to address. " Craig Albernaz's on the Orioles' PFP mistakes this season: "Very disappointing. That's something we still have to clean up and get better at.