38 Home Runs For Trumbo, 38 Saves For Britton
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore pitcher Dylan Bundy bounced back from a subpar outing and earned some high praise in the process on Monday night.
Bundy pitched six solid innings, Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer, and the Orioles defeated the Washington Nationals 4-3.
Bundy (7-4) did struggle with command and permitted at least one baserunner in five of six innings while throwing a career-high 94 pitches.
"It was one of those nights I had to battle. I was missing off the corners a little bit, not as bad as the past two outings, but I was missing some," Bundy said. "I had to battle through a leadoff walk, a leadoff double, stuff like that."
Jonathan Schoop added a solo home for Baltimore, which had lost three straight. The teams finish their two games in Baltimore on Tuesday night and then travel down to Washington for two more Wednesday and Thursday.
Washington trailed 4-3 when Daniel Murphy doubled leading off the eighth. The next batter, Bryce Harper, grounded back to pitcher Donnie Hart, who saw Murphy had gone too far off second and threw him out as he tried to get back.
"I was fortunate enough to see some film earlier today on one of the plays where the ball is hit back to the pitcher and he took off running," Hart said. "So in that situation I kind of told myself to check him. And sure enough...I turned around and he had his head down going to third, so it just so happened we were able to get him."
Brad Brach later struck out Ryan Zimmerman to end the inning with runners on second and third, and Zach Britton pitched the ninth for his 38th save. Zach Britton is now 38-for-38 in save opportunities and has made 43 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run, longest streak of its kind since ER became official.
The Orioles (68-56) were hitless until Schoop led off the third with a moon shot over the left-field foul pole for his 20th home run. The blast survived a crew chief's replay review and tied the game.
Rendon made it 2-1 Nationals when, leading off the fourth, he homered to left-center on an 0-1 pitch.
Manny Machado opened the Baltimore fourth by lining a double off the left field wall. Chris Davis then doubled to right and Trumbo followed by launching his 38th homer to left-center, and the Orioles suddenly had a 4-2 lead.
