BALTIMORE – Pushing back the left field wall didn’t do much to temper the slug fest hosted by Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday.
The Cubs lost 9-3 to the Orioles in a game that featured seven home runs.
Cubs rookie Christopher Morel sent the first pitch of the game over the fence for his first career leadoff homer. Almost immediately, things went downhill for the Cubs.
Cubs right-hander Keegan Thompson, in his second start as an official member of the rotation – he’d made three spot starts earlier in the year – gave up seven runs in three innings.