Baltimore — For his encore, Eduardo Rodriguez made some Tigers' history Sunday.
Coming off his brilliant eight-inning, scoreless outing against the Guardians, when he struck out 10 and walked nobody, Rodriguez took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Orioles.
He struck out Austin Hays and Adley Rutschman to start the seventh — 20 straight outs. But Ryan Mountcastle fouled off four straight two-strike pitches and then slapped a solid single to left to break up Rodriguez’s perfecto.
It was the only blemish against him in seven innings. Going back to his start at Toronto on April 12, Rodriguez has pitched 17 straight scoreless innings, striking out 18 with no walks and just seven hits (all singles).