Baltimore Orioles at Colorado Rockies

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Baltimore Orioles

79-59, 40-29 Away

Final
6 - 1

Colorado Rockies

51-87, 32-37 Home

Zach Eflin stars as the Orioles beat the Rockies 6-1

Gunnar Henderson had two hits and two RBI for Baltimore, which had dropped three of four. Anthony Santander also had two hits.

The Orioles (79-59) closed out a 3-3 trip and moved within a half-game of the AL East-leading New York Yankees, who lost 14-7 to St. Louis.

“We’ve been grinding for a couple of months and it’s not been easy,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “We’d like to find some consistency. It’s hard right now but just looking for some spark to get us going, get on a little bit of a run.”

Eflin (10-7) allowed one run and four hits. He has won all five of his starts for Baltimore since he was acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay on July 26. The right-hander was activated from the 15-day injured list before the game after being sidelined by shoulder inflammation.

The 30-year-old Eflin retired his first 15 batters and needed just 49 pitches to get through five innings. He struck out the side in the third and need just six pitches to get through the fifth.

“Any inning I have less than 10 pitches I’m extremely happy with,” Eflin said. “I was excited to keep the pitch count down and stay in the game as long as possible.”

Colorado got its first baserunner when Jake Cave opened the sixth with a dribbler down the third base line for an infield single. Cave moved up on a wild pitch and Jordan Beck walked before Drew Romo bounced into a double play and Ezequiel Tovar was retired on a comebacker to the mound.

“That was an accident,” Cave said of his single. “I hit it off my thumbs down the third base line.

“He was really good. Curveball was good, it was tough to see, tough to lay off of.”

Nolan Jones hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh to account for the Rockies’ only run.

The Orioles grabbed control with four runs in the fourth against Ty Blach (3-7). McCann hit a two-run shot for his fifth homer of the season.

“That’s huge, especially for our pitching staff,” McCann said. “It’s a lot easier to go out there and pitch with a four-, five-run lead versus a tight ballgame.”

Henderson hit an RBI double in the first and a run-scoring single in the seventh.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Placed INF Ramón Urías on the 10-day IL with a right ankle sprain. ... RHP Jacob Webb (elbow inflammation) was scheduled to make a rehab start with Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.

Rockies: Placed RHP Cal Quantrill on the 15-day IL with a triceps injury. Manager Bud Black said he expects Quantrill to return before the end of the season.

Orioles: RHP Corbin Burnes (12-7, 3.23 ERA) will start the opener of a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (4-6, 5.51 ERA) will open a nine-game road trip at Atlanta on Tuesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 30.8%

Orioles: 69.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Goodman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jones to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Goodman hit for Cave
	9th Inning	Jones grounded into fielder's choice to second, Toglia out at second, McMahon to third.
	9th Inning	Toglia reached on infield single to third, McMahon to second.
	9th Inning	Doyle struck out swinging.

Statistics

BAL		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	11
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	118
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
13	Total Bases	6
40	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
5.0	Runs Created	0.7
.257	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.371	Slugging Percentage	.188
.286	Secondary Average	.063
.350	On Base Percentage	.235
.721	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.423
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
38.0	Batter Rating	10.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.60	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.47
.114	Isolated Power	.000
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.125
11.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.8	MLB Rating	64.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0