DETROIT -- The Baltimore Orioles caught Jordan Zimmermann at the perfect time.
Saturday, in Zimmermann's first start off the disabled list, the Orioles hit three homers before chasing him in the second inning and moved back ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL wild-card race with an 11-3 rout.
"That's a very, very good pitcher and we happened to catch him on an off night," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "I certainly wouldn't want to be facing him in his next start."
Adam Jones and Chris Davis homered in the first inning off Zimmermannn (9-6), and Matt Wieters connected in the second and sixth innings.
"At this point in the season, with us in the race, every win is huge," Wieters said. "Obviously, it feels good to hit two homers tonight, but only because they came in a win. If we had lost, it wouldn't have mattered."
Baltimore is two games behind first-place Boston in the tightly bunched AL East and one game back of wild-card leader Toronto. The Orioles are one game ahead of the Tigers and New York Yankees for the second wild card.
Ubaldo Jimenez (7-11) allowed two runs, four hits and three walks in seven innings.
"The guys gave me a great start, and I just wanted to get us deep into the game with that lead," he said. "My sinker was really good tonight, and I was able to throw all the breaking pitches whenever I needed them."
Zimmermannn, bothered by a neck injury, has been on the disabled list three times and was making his first big league start since Aug. 4 and his second since June 30. He allowed six runs and four hits -- including three homers -- and two walks while getting three outs. He threw 42 pitches and faced 10 batters.
"I was terrible tonight, so this loss is on me," he said. "I felt fine physically, but I couldn't locate any of my pitches. I was trying to hit the corner with my fastball, and I'd miss five inches outside or five inches over the plate."
Between his stints on the disabled list, Zimmermannn has an 8.84 ERA in eight starts since the beginning of June. With the Tigers deep in the race, it isn't clear what his immediate future holds.
"We're going to weigh a number of factors," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said when asked if Zimmermannn will remain in the rotation. "We need to win games, and we'll decide how we think we can best do that."
After an 11-minute rain delay at the start, Adam Jones hit Zimmermannn's first pitch on a high arc into the Tigers bullpen in left. After Manny Machado drew a one-out walk, Chris Davis launched a 2-0 fastball deep into the Baltimore bullpen in center.
J.D. Martinez's RBI single cut the gap to 3-1 in the bottom half, when Jimenez retired Justin Upton on a grounder to strand runners at the corners.
"When I got into trouble, Matt came out there and calmed things down," Jimenez said. "He just kept calling for all the right pitches and I just had to throw them."
Wieters hit a two-run homer in the second, when Blaine Hardy threw a run-scoring wild pitch. Wieters hit a three-run homer off Buck Farmer in the sixth.
Ausmus responded by making eight lineup changes for the seventh, changing every position but catcher.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Davis said he plans to keep playing despite a sore left hand that has bothered him for most of the season. Orioles manager Buck Showalter has tried to rest his first baseman by taking him out of lopsided games, and replaced him with Drew Stubbs in the seventh on Saturday..
LOOK OUT
Tigers third-base coach Dave Clark was uninjured after being hit on his rear by Erick Aybar's hard one-hopper in the fourth inning. Clark, who stands closer to the plate than most third-base coaches, laughed off the incident. Clark took a glancing blow in the eighth inning from a Steven Moya grounder as he tried to pirouette out of the way.
"In all the years I've been in this game, I have never seen a third-base coach get hit twice in the same night," Showalter said. "Baseball will never cease to surprise you."
UP NEXT
Tigers ace Justin Verlander (14-7, 3.28) faces Baltimore's Chris Tillman (15-5, 3.76) in Sunday's series finale. Tillman is coming off the disabled list, while Verlander is 6-1 with a 2.09 ERA in his last 11 games, posting a quality start each time.
Baltimore Orioles
Saturday, in Zimmermann's first start off the disabled list, the Orioles hit three homers before chasing him in the second inning and moved back ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL wild-card race with an 11-3 rout.
"That's a very, very good pitcher and we happened to catch him on an off night," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "I certainly wouldn't want to be facing him in his next start."
Adam Jones and Chris Davis homered in the first inning off Zimmermannn (9-6), and Matt Wieters connected in the second and sixth innings.
"At this point in the season, with us in the race, every win is huge," Wieters said. "Obviously, it feels good to hit two homers tonight, but only because they came in a win. If we had lost, it wouldn't have mattered."
Baltimore is two games behind first-place Boston in the tightly bunched AL East and one game back of wild-card leader Toronto. The Orioles are one game ahead of the Tigers and New York Yankees for the second wild card.
Ubaldo Jimenez (7-11) allowed two runs, four hits and three walks in seven innings.
"The guys gave me a great start, and I just wanted to get us deep into the game with that lead," he said. "My sinker was really good tonight, and I was able to throw all the breaking pitches whenever I needed them."
Zimmermannn, bothered by a neck injury, has been on the disabled list three times and was making his first big league start since Aug. 4 and his second since June 30. He allowed six runs and four hits -- including three homers -- and two walks while getting three outs. He threw 42 pitches and faced 10 batters.
"I was terrible tonight, so this loss is on me," he said. "I felt fine physically, but I couldn't locate any of my pitches. I was trying to hit the corner with my fastball, and I'd miss five inches outside or five inches over the plate."
Between his stints on the disabled list, Zimmermannn has an 8.84 ERA in eight starts since the beginning of June. With the Tigers deep in the race, it isn't clear what his immediate future holds.
"We're going to weigh a number of factors," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said when asked if Zimmermannn will remain in the rotation. "We need to win games, and we'll decide how we think we can best do that."
After an 11-minute rain delay at the start, Adam Jones hit Zimmermannn's first pitch on a high arc into the Tigers bullpen in left. After Manny Machado drew a one-out walk, Chris Davis launched a 2-0 fastball deep into the Baltimore bullpen in center.
J.D. Martinez's RBI single cut the gap to 3-1 in the bottom half, when Jimenez retired Justin Upton on a grounder to strand runners at the corners.
"When I got into trouble, Matt came out there and calmed things down," Jimenez said. "He just kept calling for all the right pitches and I just had to throw them."
Wieters hit a two-run homer in the second, when Blaine Hardy threw a run-scoring wild pitch. Wieters hit a three-run homer off Buck Farmer in the sixth.
Ausmus responded by making eight lineup changes for the seventh, changing every position but catcher.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Davis said he plans to keep playing despite a sore left hand that has bothered him for most of the season. Orioles manager Buck Showalter has tried to rest his first baseman by taking him out of lopsided games, and replaced him with Drew Stubbs in the seventh on Saturday..
LOOK OUT
Tigers third-base coach Dave Clark was uninjured after being hit on his rear by Erick Aybar's hard one-hopper in the fourth inning. Clark, who stands closer to the plate than most third-base coaches, laughed off the incident. Clark took a glancing blow in the eighth inning from a Steven Moya grounder as he tried to pirouette out of the way.
"In all the years I've been in this game, I have never seen a third-base coach get hit twice in the same night," Showalter said. "Baseball will never cease to surprise you."
UP NEXT
Tigers ace Justin Verlander (14-7, 3.28) faces Baltimore's Chris Tillman (15-5, 3.76) in Sunday's series finale. Tillman is coming off the disabled list, while Verlander is 6-1 with a 2.09 ERA in his last 11 games, posting a quality start each time.
7:10PM,EDT,September 10,2016
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Baltimore - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Zimmermann pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Jones homered to left (359 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Schoop lined out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Davis homered to left center (424 feet), Machado scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Trumbo flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Pearce grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Kinsler grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Maybin singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Maybin stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cabrera walked. | 3 | 0 |
| V. Martínez fouled out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to right, Maybin scored, Cabrera to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Upton grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jordan Zimmermann pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Álvarez walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Wieters homered to right center (383 feet), Álvarez scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Hardy singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Jones walked, Hardy to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Hardy relieved Zimmermann. | 5 | 1 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Machado walked, Hardy to third, Jones to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Davis struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Hardy scored, Jones to third, Machado to second on wild pitch by Hardy. | 6 | 1 |
| Trumbo struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Saltalamacchia flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Aybar grounded out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| Iglesias grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Pearce flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Álvarez grounded out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Wieters walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Hardy singled to left, Wieters to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Jones singled to center, Wieters scored, Hardy to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Kinsler grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Maybin struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Cabrera lined out to center. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Buck Farmer pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Farmer relieved Hardy. | 7 | 1 |
| Machado singled to left. | 7 | 1 |
| Davis walked, Machado to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Trumbo doubled to left, Machado scored, Davis to third. | 8 | 1 |
| Pearce popped out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| Álvarez struck out swinging. | 8 | 1 |
| Wieters lined out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| V. Martínez doubled to right. | 8 | 1 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to left, V. Martínez to third. | 8 | 1 |
| Upton walked, J.D. Martinez to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 8 | 1 |
| Aybar grounded out to first, V. Martínez scored, J.D. Martinez to third, Upton to second. | 8 | 2 |
| Iglesias grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Buck Farmer pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Hardy grounded out to third. | 8 | 2 |
| Jones reached on infield single to shortstop. | 8 | 2 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 8 | 2 |
| Machado lined out to right. | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Maybin grounded out to second. | 8 | 2 |
| Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Buck Farmer pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Davis grounded out to first. | 8 | 2 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 8 | 2 |
| Pearce doubled to right. | 8 | 2 |
| Álvarez walked. | 8 | 2 |
| Wieters homered to left center (390 feet), Pearce and Álvarez scored. | 11 | 2 |
| Hardy grounded out to third. | 11 | 2 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| V. Martínez popped out to second. | 11 | 2 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to center. | 11 | 2 |
| Upton grounded out to third. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Romine at second base. | 11 | 2 |
| Jones in center field. | 11 | 2 |
| Hicks at first base. | 11 | 2 |
| Moya in right field. | 11 | 2 |
| Collins in left field. | 11 | 2 |
| McGehee at third base. | 11 | 2 |
| Machado at shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Ryan relieved Farmer. | 11 | 2 |
| Jones grounded out to first. | 11 | 2 |
| Schoop grounded out to third. | 11 | 2 |
| Machado flied out to right. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Stubbs in right field. | 11 | 2 |
| Bourn in left field. | 11 | 2 |
| Pearce at first base. | 11 | 2 |
| Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| McGehee grounded out to second. | 11 | 2 |
| Machado walked. | 11 | 2 |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mark Lowe pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Lowe relieved Ryan. | 11 | 2 |
| Stubbs flied out to left. | 11 | 2 |
| Bourn lined out to shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Pearce grounded out to third. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Wilson pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Reimold in left field. | 11 | 2 |
| Bourn in center field. | 11 | 2 |
| Flaherty at shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Wilson relieved Jiménez. | 11 | 2 |
| Jones grounded out to second. | 11 | 2 |
| Hicks doubled to deep right. | 11 | 2 |
| McCann hit for V. Martínez. | 11 | 2 |
| McCann singled to right, Hicks to third. | 11 | 2 |
| Moya struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| Collins singled to right, Hicks scored, McCann to third. | 11 | 3 |
| Saltalamacchia grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Mantiply pitching for Detroit | BAL | DET |
| Mantiply relieved Lowe. | 11 | 3 |
| Álvarez struck out swinging. | 11 | 3 |
| Wieters struck out looking. | 11 | 3 |
| Flaherty singled to center. | 11 | 3 |
| Reimold grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Zach Britton pitching for Baltimore | BAL | DET |
| Britton relieved Wilson. | 11 | 3 |
| McGehee grounded out to third. | 11 | 3 |
| Machado walked. | 11 | 3 |
| Romine singled to right, Machado to third. | 11 | 3 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 11 | 3 |
| Hicks grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Romine out at second. | 11 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Baltimore Orioles
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .281 | .322 | .467 |
Reimold LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .224 | .306 | .359 |
| Schoop 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .273 | .305 | .464 |
| Machado 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .305 | .357 | .558 |
| Davis 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .228 | .341 | .489 |
Stubbs RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 | .394 | .519 |
| Trumbo RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .253 | .316 | .528 |
Bourn LF-CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .300 | .364 | .700 |
| Pearce LF-1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .291 | .378 | .498 |
| Álvarez DH | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | .253 | .321 | .506 |
| Wieters C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .244 | .301 | .405 |
| Hardy SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .259 | .297 | .402 |
Flaherty SS
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .224 | .300 | .329 |
| Totals | 39 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 189 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Trumbo (23, Farmer); Pearce (13, Farmer) HR: Jones (27, 1st inning off Zimmermann 0 on, 0 Out); Davis (36, 1st inning off Zimmermann 1 on, 1 Out); Wieters 2 (14, 2nd inning off Zimmermann 1 on, 0 Out; 6th inning off Farmer 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: Jones 2 (80), Davis 2 (80), Wieters 5 (58), Trumbo (99) 2-out RBI: Jones, Wieters 3 Orioles RISP: 3-10 (Davis 0-1, Wieters 1-2, Schoop 0-2, Pearce 0-1, Álvarez 0-1, Trumbo 1-2, Jones 1-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| The start of the game is being delayed due to rain. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 36,634 (88.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:05 |
| Weather | 71 degrees, overcast |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Andy Fletcher, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - Mark Ripperger, Third Base - Joe West |
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