Albert Suarez (35-Baltimore Orioles), a right-hander who spent two years with the Samsung Lions of the KBO until last year, won his third game of the season in the majors after a seven-year absence and kept his ERA in the sub-one-run range (1.61). The right-hander, who finished second in the National League (NL) Cy Young Award in 2022, won his first start against Max Freed.
Suarez started the Orioles’ 2024 Major League Baseball home opener against the Atlanta Braves at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on Wednesday (Dec. 12) and pitched 5 1/3 innings of four-hit ball with three walks and four strikeouts to lead the Orioles to a 4-0 victory.
Suarez, who remained undefeated with his third win of the season, also lowered his ERA from 1.83 to 1.61. 카지노사이트 With 44⅔ innings pitched, Suarez now has the lowest ERA of any pitcher with 40 or more innings pitched.
It was a shaky start to the first inning.
He led off with a triple to right field off Michael Harris II. But he got AJ Alvis to ground out to shortstop and then struck out Austin Riley on three pitches. The third pitch was a sharp cutter outside that Riley missed. Matt Olson then fouled off four straight pitches high and away from the body to get a grounder to first base to end the inning with no outs.
In the second inning, Marcell Ozuna and Jared Kellnick walked to put runners on first and second. But Suarez showed off his crisis management skills by getting Sean Murphy and Orlando Arcia to fly out to left field to end the inning, his first triple play of the night.
After allowing a leadoff walk in the fourth, Suarez retired the next three batters before being hit by a pitch to lead off the fifth. 파워볼게임 He gave up back-to-back singles to Olson and Ozuna in the top of the sixth to put runners on first and second with no outs, but Webb got the final out of the inning to preserve the shutout.
Suarez’s total pitch count was 97, with a four-seam fastball (44) that topped out at 96.4 mph (155.1 km/h) and averaged 95 mph (152.9 km/h), mixed with a cutter (29), changeup (20), and curveball (4). He used his cutter and changeup for strikes to get two outs each. The increased pitch count forced him to delay his first six-inning start of the season, but he has remained consistent with a sub-1.00 ERA in 14 games (seven starts) and 44⅔ innings pitched.
The Baltimore offense backed up Suarez in the second inning, taking advantage of Atlanta left-hander Max Fried.
After a walk to Anthony Santander and a single up the middle by Austin Hayes, Jorge Mateo launched a three-run homer to center field. His fourth home run of the season. In the sixth, Ryan Mountcastle walked, Santander singled to left, and Hayes followed with an RBI single to left to put the game out of reach. Hayes finished 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI.
The Orioles, who have won five straight, remain in second place in the American League East and third in the league with a 44-22 record (.667 winning percentage). National League (NL) East runner-up Atlanta has lost four straight to fall to 35-29 (.547 winning percentage). 에볼루션 바카라사이트 Atlanta starter Freed allowed four runs on six hits (one homer) with two walks and three strikeouts in five innings to improve to 6-3 on the season, raising his ERA from 2.93 to 3.20.