Dean Kremer got rocked, and the Orioles paid the price in a 9-7 loss. In his fourth start of the season, Kremer serves up FOUR solo home runs as the Cubs turn this one into a long night early. Pete Crow-Armstrong crushes the splitter twice, Michael Conforto and Carson Kelly go back-to-back, and suddenly the O’s are buried.
And it didn’t stop there—Grant Wolfram pours gasoline on the fire with a brutal outing, uncorking a wild pitch and then giving up a 3-run bomb to Seiya Suzuki that completely blows the game open.
Offensively, there were real signs of life. Pete Alonso launches his 20th homer of the year (before the All-Star break), continuing his massive impact in Baltimore. Then the bats wake up in the 7th and 8th—Coby Mayo delivers a pinch-hit solo shot, Tyler O’Neill goes deep TWICE off the bench, and Taylor Ward adds an RBI knock to extend a rally and make it interesting.
But the early damage was too much to overcome against Colin Rea and the Cubs.
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