Through his first five outings in an Orioles uniform, right-hander Andrew Cashner showed a knack for avoiding the big inning despite allowing plenty of base runners.
He entered Saturday’s start against the Detroit Tigers having stranded 85.9 percent of his base runners, the eighth-highest left-on-base percentage among qualified American League starters.
Cashner couldn’t limit the damage Saturday, though, derailed by a four-run second inning that led to his shortest start of the season in the Orioles’ 9-5 loss to the Tigers in front of an announced crowd of 20,896 at Camden Yards.