BALTIMORE -- It was a scary moment in the fifth inning at Oriole Park when a 93.5 mph sinker got away from Orioles starter Trey Gibson and hit Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts in his batter’s helmet.
Bogaerts went down on his hands and knees and was quickly tended to by Padres head athletic trainer Mark Rogow and manager Craig Stammen.
Bogaerts remained in the game for that inning and later scored his second run of the game, but was replaced by Sung-Mun Song entering the bottom of the sixth.
Catcher Freddy Fermin was hit by a warmup pitch from Yuki Matsui before the start of the bottom of the sixth. The pitch spiked the ground and hit Fermin in the catcher’s mask. Backup catcher Rodolfo Durán replaced Fermin.