“If you live in the middle of the plate against this team,” pronounced Jim Palmer in the MASN booth tonight, “you’ll be taking an early shower.” Palmer was referring to second-year Washington righty Jake Irvin, who struggled early tonight against O’s hitters. But it ended up being the Orioles who failed to heed the HOF’er’s advice. In five innings, starter Trevor Rogers gave up a whopping seven hits, five runs and two walks—doing nothing to make you think he deserves the game ball in important games down the stretch. Reliever Bryan Baker, given command of the sixth, gave up a parade of hits to make it 7-2 Nationals, and Keegan Akin surrendered one run in each of the eighth and ninth innings.
RISP woes and a hittable Trevor Rogers send O’s to a 9-3 loss against the Nationals
