BALTIMORE — Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is scrambling to get his team out of its recent slide.
The Orioles took a positive step Saturday with a dominant 15-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that evened their three-game set. In the series finale Sunday, Showalter will provide Ubaldo Jimenez another opportunity to prove he can an effective starter. Jimenez takes the spot of Alec Asher, who had replaced him in the rotation, but also struggled.
Showalter is optimistic that Jimenez’s time in the bullpen helped his mechanics. The right-hander has not started since May 22, when he gave up six runs on nine hits over four innings against the Twins.