CINCINNATI -- Ubaldo Jimenez's
pitches were flat and his performances were disappointingly short in
his first two games. The third time out, the Orioles starter felt a need
to shine.
Jimenez pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning, and Baltimore overcame a dominating performance by Cincinnati rookie Amir Garrett, beating the Reds 2-0 on Wednesday night.
Jimenez (1-0) held the Reds to a pair of singles in the second inning and four walks overall in 7 2/3 innings, striking out three. It was a reversal of his first two starts, when he failed to last five innings either time. Those bad showings left him with a little urgency.
"No doubt about it," Jimenez said. "I needed a start like that. I was able to make it sink consistently. It was flat in the first two games."
A bullpen missing its closer finished it off.
Left-hander Donnie Hart retired Joey Votto on a foul to end the eighth. Brad Brach retired the side in the ninth for his first save of the season, completing the Orioles' first shutout of the season. The Orioles lost closer Zach Britton to a strained forearm on Sunday.
Brach didn't know he'd be filling in as the closer until he was told to warm up for the ninth. He got his fourth career save.
"I had a little bit of adrenalin going there against the first batter," said Brach, who retired Adam Duvall on his first pitch. "I was able to settle down."
The Reds were shut out for the first time this season, wasting another impressive performance by a rookie.
Garrett (2-1) tied the Reds' modern record for a rookie left-hander by striking out 12 in seven innings. Dennys Reyes also fanned a dozen Pirates in 1998. Gary Nolan set the club's modern rookie record by fanning 15 Giants in 1967.
"I tried to stay as low as I could with my pitches, even if it was out of the strike zone," Garrett said. "My changeup was working very well, my slider was working well."
Jonathan Schoop singled home a run in the second, when the Orioles put together three hits. Manny Machado hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the fifth. Garrett left after throwing 97 pitches, 71 of them strikes.
"I don't know if too many guys have had a more impressive start for a rookie than Amir," manager Bryan Price said. "He's come out of the gate throwing strikes."
Garrett gave up seven hits, including a single by Jimenez in the seventh inning. Jimenez has 34 career hits, all of them singles.
"I can see why they're so high on him," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Garrett. "We didn't exactly solve him."
LOVES THE PLACE
Jimenez is 3-0 in four starts at Great American Ball Park with a 1.30 ERA. Overall, he's 4-0 in his last seven starts against the Reds.
MATCHING BIG KLU
Votto started his 1,255th game at first base, tying Ted Kluszewski for most in club history at that position.
A LOT OF Ks
The Reds fanned 16 Orioles in all, one shy of their club record for a nine-inning game. Wandy Peralta fanned three in the top of the ninth.
NO Ks
Cincinnati second baseman Jose Peraza extended his streak to 52 plate appearances with a strikeout since April 5, the longest active streak in the majors.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Left fielder Seth Smith felt improvement in his straight right hamstring, a day after he had to leave a game because of the injury. Showalter said the club will hold off putting him on the disabled list. ... Outfielder Joey Rickard hit off a tee and threw without problem before the game. He sprained his left middle finger on April 8.
Reds: Third baseman Eugenio Suarez was back in the lineup after being scratched on Tuesday because of a sore neck. ... Catcher Devin Mesoraco is closer to coming off the disabled list after catching back-to-back nine-inning games on a rehab assignment. He's missed most of the last two seasons with two hip operations and shoulder surgery.
UP NEXT
Orioles: Left-hander Wade Miller is 3-0 in three career starts at Great American Ball Park with a 3.44 ERA.
Reds: Scott Feldman is 5-3 career against the Orioles in 17 games. Machado is 5 for 11 career against the right-hander with two homers.
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Baltimore Orioles
Jimenez pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning, and Baltimore overcame a dominating performance by Cincinnati rookie Amir Garrett, beating the Reds 2-0 on Wednesday night.
Jimenez (1-0) held the Reds to a pair of singles in the second inning and four walks overall in 7 2/3 innings, striking out three. It was a reversal of his first two starts, when he failed to last five innings either time. Those bad showings left him with a little urgency.
"No doubt about it," Jimenez said. "I needed a start like that. I was able to make it sink consistently. It was flat in the first two games."
A bullpen missing its closer finished it off.
Left-hander Donnie Hart retired Joey Votto on a foul to end the eighth. Brad Brach retired the side in the ninth for his first save of the season, completing the Orioles' first shutout of the season. The Orioles lost closer Zach Britton to a strained forearm on Sunday.
Brach didn't know he'd be filling in as the closer until he was told to warm up for the ninth. He got his fourth career save.
"I had a little bit of adrenalin going there against the first batter," said Brach, who retired Adam Duvall on his first pitch. "I was able to settle down."
The Reds were shut out for the first time this season, wasting another impressive performance by a rookie.
Garrett (2-1) tied the Reds' modern record for a rookie left-hander by striking out 12 in seven innings. Dennys Reyes also fanned a dozen Pirates in 1998. Gary Nolan set the club's modern rookie record by fanning 15 Giants in 1967.
"I tried to stay as low as I could with my pitches, even if it was out of the strike zone," Garrett said. "My changeup was working very well, my slider was working well."
Jonathan Schoop singled home a run in the second, when the Orioles put together three hits. Manny Machado hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the fifth. Garrett left after throwing 97 pitches, 71 of them strikes.
"I don't know if too many guys have had a more impressive start for a rookie than Amir," manager Bryan Price said. "He's come out of the gate throwing strikes."
Garrett gave up seven hits, including a single by Jimenez in the seventh inning. Jimenez has 34 career hits, all of them singles.
"I can see why they're so high on him," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Garrett. "We didn't exactly solve him."
LOVES THE PLACE
Jimenez is 3-0 in four starts at Great American Ball Park with a 1.30 ERA. Overall, he's 4-0 in his last seven starts against the Reds.
MATCHING BIG KLU
Votto started his 1,255th game at first base, tying Ted Kluszewski for most in club history at that position.
A LOT OF Ks
The Reds fanned 16 Orioles in all, one shy of their club record for a nine-inning game. Wandy Peralta fanned three in the top of the ninth.
NO Ks
Cincinnati second baseman Jose Peraza extended his streak to 52 plate appearances with a strikeout since April 5, the longest active streak in the majors.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Left fielder Seth Smith felt improvement in his straight right hamstring, a day after he had to leave a game because of the injury. Showalter said the club will hold off putting him on the disabled list. ... Outfielder Joey Rickard hit off a tee and threw without problem before the game. He sprained his left middle finger on April 8.
Reds: Third baseman Eugenio Suarez was back in the lineup after being scratched on Tuesday because of a sore neck. ... Catcher Devin Mesoraco is closer to coming off the disabled list after catching back-to-back nine-inning games on a rehab assignment. He's missed most of the last two seasons with two hip operations and shoulder surgery.
UP NEXT
Orioles: Left-hander Wade Miller is 3-0 in three career starts at Great American Ball Park with a 3.44 ERA.
Reds: Scott Feldman is 5-3 career against the Orioles in 17 games. Machado is 5 for 11 career against the right-hander with two homers.
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7:10PM,EDT,April 19,2017
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati,Ohio
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati,Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Baltimore - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Mancini struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Jones flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Machado flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Hamilton bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Peraza grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Trumbo singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Castillo doubled to left, Trumbo to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Schoop singled to center, Trumbo scored, Castillo to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Hardy struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Jiménez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Duvall popped out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Suárez singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Schebler bunt grounded out to pitcher, Suárez to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Cozart walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Barnhart singles to first, Suárez to third, Cozart to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Barnhart out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Mancini grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Hamilton struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Peraza grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Votto lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Castillo popped out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Schoop lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Duvall grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Suárez grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Schebler walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Schebler stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Cozart grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Hardy singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Jiménez struck out bunting foul. | 1 | 0 |
| Mancini singled to left, Hardy to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones walked, Hardy to third, Mancini to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado hit sacrifice fly to center, Hardy scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Barnhart flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Garrett struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Hamilton grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, -1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Davis struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Peraza flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Votto walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Duvall flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Suárez fouled out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Amir Garrett pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Hardy grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Jiménez singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Mancini grounded into double play, third to second to first, Jiménez out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Schebler grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Cozart flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Barnhart lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Jones singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Machado struck out swinging. Jones caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Trumbo doubled to deep right center. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Gennett struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Hamilton walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 2 | 0 |
| Peraza grounded out to second, Hamilton to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Hart relieved Jiménez. | 2 | 0 |
| Gentry in left field. | 2 | 0 |
| Votto fouled out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Wandy Peralta pitching for Cincinnati | BAL | CIN |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Hardy struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Brach pitching for Baltimore | BAL | CIN |
| Duvall popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Schebler grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Baltimore Orioles
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mancini LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .333 | .379 | .815 |
Gentry LF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .105 | .278 |
| Jones CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .280 | .368 | .520 |
| Machado 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .170 | .273 | .340 |
| Trumbo RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .250 | .278 | .365 |
| Davis 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .286 | .352 | .551 |
| Castillo C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .326 | .341 | .419 |
| Schoop 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .283 | .306 | .478 |
| Hardy SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .233 | .250 | .349 |
| Jiménez P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Hart P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Brach P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 119 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Castillo (4, Garrett); Trumbo (3, Lorenzen) RBI: Schoop (8), Machado (8) SF: Machado GIDP: Mancini Orioles RISP: 1-5 (Davis 0-1, Schoop 1-1, Hardy 0-1, Jiménez 0-1, Trumbo 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Jones (1, 2nd base by Lorenzen/Barnhart) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 15,083 (35.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:28 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Bellino, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Toby Basner, Third Base - Jerry Layne |
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