Final
Davis lifts Orioles over Indians
Jun 27, 2015 - 3:48 AM Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - Chris Davis' RBI single in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Friday.After Carlos Santana hit a game-tying homer in the top of the eighth, the Indians sent Marc Rzepczynski (1-3) to the mound in the bottom half. Jimmy Paredes led off with a double and raced home on Davis' single to right.
Chris Parmelee added another single to put men on first and second. Bryan Shaw came in from the bullpen and got J.J. Hardy to ground into a double play. Caleb Joseph flied out to end the inning.
"Today, every pitch I threw, literally, they got a hit on," Rzepczynski said.
Darren O'Day (5-0) got the win despite giving up Santana's homer. Zach Britton tossed a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save of the season. Wei-Yin Chen got the start and gave up two runs on seven hits over six innings.
Cleveland starter Corey Kluber allowed three runs on seven hits with 10 strikeouts over seven innings.
"You never feel like you break through against Kluber," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "You've got to have a real good pitching outing, which we got from Wei-Yin. He was strong tonight and threw the ball well."
Brandon Moss and Hardy hit solo homers for their respective teams in the second.
The Indians went ahead in the fourth on Ryan Raburn's solo shot.
The Orioles used a two-run sixth to take a 3-2 lead. Paredes singled, moved to third on Parmelee's double and scored on Hardy's sacrifice fly. Ryan Flaherty followed with an RBI single to center.
Game Notes
Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the fifth ... Each team had 10 hits ... Paredes went 3-for-4 with two runs scored ... The Orioles recalled Chen from Single-A Frederick prior to the game and optioned pitcher T.J. McFarland to Triple-A Norfolk. Chen became the second Taiwanese-born pitcher to log 100 career starts in the majors (also, Chien-Ming Wang; 126) ... Cleveland started a 10-game road trip on Friday, while the O's began a seven-game homestand.
- CLEVELAND: 3
BALTIMORE: 4
Final
Jun 26 9:55 PM - Chris Davis singles to deep right field. Jimmy Paredes scores.
Indians 3, Orioles 4 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 26 9:36 PM - Ryan Flaherty singles to center field, advances to 2nd. Chris Parmelee scores.
Indians 2, Orioles 3 Bot 6, 2 OutsJun 26 9:07 PM - J.Hardy hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brantley, Paredes scored.
Indians 2, Orioles 2 Bot 6, 2 OutsJun 26 9:05 PM - J.J. Hardy out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Michael Brantley. Jimmy Paredes scores.
Indians 2, Orioles 2 Bot 6, 1 OutJun 26 9:04 PM - Jason Kipnis grounds out to shortstop, J.J. Hardy to Chris Parmelee.
Jun 26 7:09 PM - CLEVELAND: 0
BALTIMORE: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jun 26 7:08 PM
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