Jimenez, who entered the seventh inning having allowed only one run on three hits, was on a roll. The righty had struck out eight and allowed only Luis Valbuena's solo shot. But with Carter on first and Valbuena due up, O's manager Buck Showalter made the move.
"[It was] a little bit of everything," Showalter said when asked if Jimenez was tiring or he liked the Brach matchup better. "[Jimenez] didn't deserve to have anything but a no-decision or a W out of that. Especially with the way Brad has been pitching. We just got a different Brad tonight.