It’s not like the Orioles didn’t have enough pitching problems already, what with two starters (John Means and Chris Ellis) out for the year and also what with just being the Orioles. Then Friday and Saturday’s consecutive rainouts last weekend threw off the rotation and left the team short-handed. So while the Birds are bringing the big guns to Detroit in the form of Lyles, Zimmerman and Wells, in St. Louis on Thursday they were forced to send into battle a motley bullpen crew in Game 3.
That’s how, on a sunny Thursday afternoon, Orioles fans were treated to the following lopsided pitching matchup: left-handed veteran Steven Matz, in his eighth season, versus Bryan Baker, with an 5.