masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgTyler Wilson was cruising along tonight in his third start of the season. One hit allowed through five innings, and it came from the first batter of the game. Fifteen of 17 retired, no runs allowed.
Wilson needed only seven pitches to make it through the fifth inning. He threw 27 in the sixth and committed an error while falling behind 3-0.
A game turned dramatically and a loss resulted from it.
The Yankees tacked on four runs in the eighth – three charged to T.J. McFarland and one to Dylan…

Tyler Wilson was cruising along tonight in his third start of the season. One hit allowed through five innings, and it came from the first batter of the game. Fifteen of 17 retired, no runs allowed.

Wilson needed only seven pitches to make it through the fifth inning. He threw 27 in the sixth and committed an error while falling behind 3-0.

A game turned dramatically and a loss resulted from it.

The Yankees tacked on four runs in the eighth – three charged to T.J. McFarland and one to Dylan Bundy on a bases-loaded hit batter – and took a 7-0 victory before 15,998 at Camden Yards.

The Orioles have been shut out twice this season. It also happened April 25 against the Rays at Tropicana Field.

Tyler Wilson white night.jpgWilson completed the sixth with his pitch count at 96. He allowed three hits and walked a batter in the inning. The last run scored when he fielded Starlin Castro’s tapper in front of the mound and skipped a throw past first baseman Chris Davis.

Wilson lowered into a crouching position and berated himself. A quality start by definition wasn’t going to make him feel any better.

CC Sabathia somehow managed to shut out the Orioles over seven innings. They wasted Manny Machado’s double in the first inning, Nolan Reimold’s single in the second, Ryan Flaherty’s walk and Joey Rickard’s infield hit in the third, Mark Trumbo’s single in the fourth, Jonathan Schoop’s leadoff double and Flaherty’s single in the fifth that put runners on the corners with one out, and Davis’ walk in the sixth.

They loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Dellin Betances struck out Davis looking at a pitch outside the strike zone and Trumbo popped up.

The Orioles went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and hit into three inning-ending double plays.

The last time Sabathia threw seven scoreless? Try April 7, 2013 in Detroit.

Mike Wright threw 13 pitches in a scoreless ninth. He’s still scheduled to start Saturday against the Athletics. A glorified side session tonight.

The Orioles are 15-11 overall and 10-4 at home. Their winning streak against the Yankees ends at six games. The Yankees losing streak this season ends at six.

Here’s manager Buck Showalter:

On Wilson: “I thought he was pretty good period. He had a wet ball that he couldn’t get a grip on. He did his part. He was good. He pitched well. We just didn’t score any runs. It’s one of those nights where if even at three, if we can score some … I choose to look at the outing like it really was. He was good. We’ll take that.”

On whether Orioles let Sabathia off the hook: “Not really. First and third, you’d like to push one across there. He pitches almost like it’s an 0-2 count every time. You’ve got to be real selective off him. Same thing he’s been doing for a while. He’s never going to give in. Command was good, but he moved the ball around, a lot of changeups, a lot of different looks. He uses his experience. He pitched well. He was good.”

On whether it was Wright’s day to throw: “Yeah, we talked about it before the game. If we could get him an inning, it would be perfect. He threw 12 or 13 pitches. That puts him in a really good spot for his outing. I was glad to get that done tonight.”

On why he used Wright: “I’ve got a lot of guys, I had three or four more available. He had four days’ rest, it was his day to throw. He hadn’t had a work day yet and you get a lot more benefit from doing it in the game and getting the ball in his hand in that situation, which bodes, should eliminate any (rustiness) of being on the mound or pitching in a competitive situation before he starts on Saturday. He’s had two days off after throwing 12, 13 pitches. We thought it was a perfect opportunity to get him in there. Plus, he can get people out, which he did.”

On Adam Jones’ slump, which has lowered his average to .205: “What did we have, three or four double plays we hit into tonight? Three? He’s not the only one, but we know there’s some good things ahead. Good hitters with good track records and things that he’s done for us, someone will pay. He’s a little frustrated by it, but I know Adam. He’s gone through some periods like a lot of good hitters do and he’ll get it going. He’ll get it going.”

On whether the double plays were momentum killers: “That was. It’s a tribute to him (Sabathia). He made really good pitches in those situations and we were maybe a little overaggressive. You’re always trying to ride that line between being aggressive and selective, especially when you got the lead. But Tyler matched him pitch for pitch. He deserved a better fate. Somebody was going to end up with a good outing and nothing to show for it in the W column.”

On whether Jones couldn’t get the ball out of his glove on Carlos Beltran’s sacrifice fly: “He just didn’t get it out good. He made a great throw to the plate the play before. He just couldn’t get it out of his glove. He just couldn’t get the exchange down right.”