Kevin Gausman's seventh inning was immaculate — nine pitches, nine strikes and three strikeouts. He was nearly spotless otherwise, too.
But his one mistake proved too many for Kevin Gausman in Monday night’s series finale against the Cleveland Indians, a 2-1 loss in which the right-hander found the fastball velocity that had eluded him all season but served up an early home run ball to Yonder Alonso that was more than the Orioles' (6-17) and their barren bats could muster themselves.
That home run came in second inning, but for the rest of the night, Gausman looked far more likely to accomplish the rare feat that came in the seventh.