David Hess realizes these final five-plus weeks of the season are important for him to leave a lasting impression on the Orioles’ staff for next season.
And despite it coming in a losing effort, Hess had his best big league performance to date in Wednesday afternoon’s 6-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Hess, 25, deserved a far better fate. He retired the first 12 batters he faced and allowed just three hits. He made just one mistake, an elevated 2-2 changeup that Kendrys Morales hit into the right-field stands in the seventh inning for his fourth homer of the series.