In Focus: 4/21 - 4/26 Homestand
April 21 – Tigers vs. Orioles
Adam Frazier scored Ryan Mountcastle with one out in the ninth inning to give the O’s a 2-1 walk-off win over the Tigers. Tyler Wells threw a career-high 7.0 scoreless innings and Austin Hays homered in the win.
April 22 – Tigers vs. Orioles
The Orioles beat the Tigers, 5-1, and secured their fifth series win of the season. They improved to 13-7, winning 13 of their first 20 games for just the third time in the 21st century (also 2017 and 2005). Kyle Gibson earned the win after tying a career-high with 11 strikeouts and extending the Orioles’ rotation’s scoreless streak to 29.2 innings. James McCann hit his first home run in an O’s uniform, and Yennier Cano retired all five batters he faced.
April 23 – Tigers vs. Orioles
Adam Frazier scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to give the O’s the series sweep, and their second walk-off win in three days. Anthony Santander entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and doubled to left field, scoring Jorge Mateo from first base to tie the game.
April 24 – Red Sox vs. Orioles
The Orioles rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Red Sox, 5-4, and improve their season-long winning streak to seven straight games. Each Orioles starter recorded a hit for the first time since August 6, 2022, and Yennier Cano earned his first career save. The O’s did not strike out in a game for the first time since August 8, 2010. They became the first team in MLB to not strike out in a game since 2017.
April 25 – Red Sox vs. Orioles
Cedric Mullins hit his second career grand slam, his first of the year, in the ninth inning.
April 26 – Red Sox vs. Orioles
The Orioles beat the Red Sox, 6-2, marking their first series win of the season against an AL East rival. Ramón Urías recorded a career-high four hits and a career-high-tying three runs scored. Yennier Cano retired the first 24 batters he faced this season, tying the club record set by Fred Holdsworth in 1976, and Cedric Mullins stole his 10th base, becoming the first O’s player to steal 10-or-more bases without being caught to begin a season since Brian Roberts and Corey Patterson each swiped 13 to start the 2006 campaign.