When the Orioles last played in front of a sellout crowd at Camden Yards before Saturday, Freddy Galvis went hitless in four at-bats, striking out three times in his first home game with Baltimore as his OPS dropped to .332. But when Galvis exited early in Saturday’s loss to the Boston Red Sox, he did so as the Orioles’ most productive hitter in the month between sellouts.
His second-inning home run into the left-field corner mattered little in an 11-6 defeat, but it marked a continuation of improved performance after the season’s first week. The Orioles signed Galvis to a low-cost, one-year deal this offseason after they traded José Iglesias to the Los Angeles Angels for two pitching prospects.