Dylan Bundy one-hits Mariners, strikes out 12 as Orioles win sixth ...
Sep 1, 2017It turns out Bundy still has all the notes of the dominant starting pitcher the Orioles saw in him as a first-round pick six years ago, and Tuesday, he had them all working in beautiful concert.Bundy was in total command in the Orioles’ 4-0 win over the Seattle Mariners, allowing just a fourth-inning bunt single to third baseman Kyle Seager and striking out a career-high 12 batters before an announced 13,736 on a cool night at Camden Yards.“He was outstanding, obviously,” manager Buck Showalter said. “That was fun to watch, especially when you think about everything that was at stake for both clubs.”Bundy’s masterpiece and four solo home runs — two by third baseman Manny Machado and one apiece by second baseman Jonathan Schoop and catcher Welington Castillo — gave the Orioles (67-65) a sixth consecutive win and kept them 1.5 games out of the second wild-card playoff spot, held by the Minnesota Twins.After a 32-minute rain delay to start the game, Seattle's leadoff batter reached when shortstop Tim Beckham was charged with an error. But Bundy swiftly navigated out of that and cruised until a pair of walks in the third inning. Seager's one-out bunt down the third base line was the only hit Seattle managed.No exception was taken that the no-hitter was ultimately lost on the bunt — not with the Orioles in a shift leaving the left side of the infield open in what was a one-run game.“It doesn't matter,” Bundy said. “They're trying to win games, too. That's fine.”From there, Bundy retired 12 straight until another error by Beckham with one out in the eighth. Bundy retired the final two batters of that inning and hit Robinson Cano to open the ninth inning, but retired the final three batters to complete the game on 116 pitches.Closer Zach Britton was warming up for the ninth inning, and Bundy said he was a little surprised to continue as he did, “but grateful, humbled to get a chance to go out there in the ninth and also get the chance to complete it.”Showalter knew it could be a special night for his 24-year-old right-hander as he watched some o... (Baltimore Sun (blog))