Before the Orioles’ afternoon game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, third baseman Renato Núñez and shortstop Tim Beckham did some early defensive work with bench coach Bobby Dickerson, getting some additional repetitions to get used to each other.
The left side of the Orioles infield had two defensive breakdowns in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night that cost the Orioles the game in an 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays. Both plays were ruled singles — Russell Martin’s ground ball that Beckham charged and rushed a bad throw to first and Aledmys Díaz’s grounder that hit off Núñez’s glove and past Beckham into left field to allow Martin to score the winning run — but they were makeable plays.