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Story by Liz Alper
Photo via @padres on Twitter
August 14, 2023 (San Diego) - The Padres took a break from the NL West and welcomed the Orioles for a three-game set. Grayson Rodriguez started tonight for Baltimore against Yu Darvish.
Ryan O’Hearn opened the scoring with a homer to left in the second and the Orioles led 1-0 after two.
Gunnar Henderson added on in the fifth with a three-RBI double and the Os led 4-1 after five.
Garrett Cooper got the Padres on the board with a solo homer in the sixth and the Orioles took game one with an easy 4-1 win, outshined only by Darvish passing Hideo Nomo for the most strikeouts by a Japanese-born pitcher.
UP NEXT
Game two tomorrow is at 6:40 p.m. Jack Flaherty starts for the Os against Michael Wacha.
TRANSACTIONS
- Drew Carlton transferred to 60-day IL (right elbow inflammation)
- Ji-Man Choi on 10-day IL retro to August 12 (left ribcage strain)
- Ben Gamel contract selected
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