San Diego Padres at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

57-51, 31-23 Away

Final
6 - 8

Baltimore Orioles

62-43, 31-24 Home

Mountcastle shines, Cano closes as Orioles snap San Diego's 7-game winning streak with an 8-6 win

The Orioles scored six runs in the third, when their first six hitters reached base before Randy Vásquez (3-6) was pulled. By then, he'd already walked in a run, allowed an RBI single to Ryan O'Hearn and yielded a single by Mountcastle that made it 4-0.

Mullins hit a two-run double later that inning, and then the Orioles nearly blew their six-run lead. San Diego scored three runs in the fifth, and Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer the following inning.

In the eighth, Mullins made a running catch on Manny Machado's drive before slamming into the wall. Mountcastle then drove in two runs in the bottom of the inning with a two-out hit to give the Orioles a bit of a cushion.

“That was a big win for us,” Mountcastle said. “Hopefully we keep it rolling next series, stay positive and just keep grinding it out.”

AL East-leading Baltimore had lost five of six, but the vibe felt different from the start Sunday, when the Orioles celebrated the life and legacy of Mo Gaba, a 14-year-old fan who died four years ago after several battles with cancer. Shortstop Gunnar Henderson made a standout play in the second, diving to stop a grounder on the other side of second base and then throwing to first while rolling over on the ground to retire David Peralta.

Henderson did make two errors, brining his total to five in the last four games. Albert Suárez, whose future in the rotation is uncertain after Baltimore Zach Eflin from Tampa Bay, was lifted one out shy of qualifying for a win. Jacob Webb, Cionel Pérez (2-0), Seranthony Domínguez and Yennier Cano pitched out of the bullpen.

Cano came on in the ninth with a three-run lead instead of struggling closer Craig Kimbrel. Cano's first two batters reached on infield hits. Henderson nearly made another spectacular play on a grounder by Peralta — similar to the one in the second — but he bounced the throw for an error and the batter ended up on second. Then Henderson was unable to glove Ha-Seong Kim's two-hopper.

Kyle Higashioka lined out, but Luis Arraez blooped a single to center to load the bases. Then Jurickson Profar hit a slow roller up the middle. Henderson fielded it and stepped on second for a force, then was tripped up by pinch-runner Tyler Wade while trying to complete the double play. Interference was initially called, and that double play would have ended the game. But after a replay review, the call was changed to a force play and a run scored.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who also disputed a foul ball call earlier in the inning, was ejected after that replay overturn.

Finally, Jake Cronenworth grounded out with men on first and third to end it. Cano earned his fourth save.

Vásquez and Enyel De Los Santos combined to throw 50 pitches in the third. James McCann's leadoff walk was followed by Colton Cowser's single and walks by Anthony Santander and Henderson.

“For me, that was our best inning in a long, long time,” Hyde said. “Taking walks, using the whole field, getting to good counts, not chasing.”

Slumping catcher Adley Rutschman was out of the starting lineup for the Orioles, but McCann had a single and two walks and also threw a runner out stealing.

Kim hit an RBI double for the Padres in the fifth and Higashioka followed with a run-scoring single. Another run scored when Arraez bounced into a double play.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Machado was hit in the head by a foul pop in the eighth. He was approaching the stands near third base while trying to make the catch and took his eye off the ball briefly. He was able to stay in the game, and the fans in Baltimore — where he began his career — gave him a nice hand.

Padres: After going 7-2 on this trip, they return home for two games with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Matt Waldron (6-9) starts for San Diego against Tyler Glasnow (8-6) on Tuesday night.

Orioles: Baltimore hosts a doubleheader against Toronto on Monday. Eflin (5-7) is set to start the opener.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 57.8%

Padres: 42.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cronenworth grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Johnson ran for Profar
	9th Inning	Profar grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D. Peralta scored, Wade out at second, Kim to third.
	9th Inning	Wade ran for Arraez
	9th Inning	Arraez singled to center, Kim to second, D. Peralta to third.
	9th Inning	Higashioka fouled out to first.

Statistics

SD		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	14
5	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	1
6	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	185
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	12
39	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.1	Runs Created	5.8
.286	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.364
.229	Secondary Average	.333
.359	On Base Percentage	.415
.788	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.778
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
40.0	Batter Rating	45.5
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.40
.143	Isolated Power	.091
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.190
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
11.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
88.3	MLB Rating	88.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0