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Team will show patience with new-look left side
Refreshed Cashner set to return from DL
The left side of the Orioles infield had two defensive breakdowns in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night that cost the Orioles the game in an 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays. Both plays were ruled singles —
But a key component to the Orioles’ rebuild will be patience, and manager
“Both of them are out there working with Bobby right now trying to get comfortable,” Showalter said before Saturday’s game. “It’ll take a little while. With a guy like Núñez, I’ll leave him alone and let him play a little bit. There are things we do and say to him that we don’t advertise. We’ve seen a lot of players come and go this year. We’ll settle in. It’s one of those things you really evaluate in a couple weeks.”
Núñez was called up Friday to take
After his last start July 10, Cashner received a pressure-point injection in his neck and the team placed him on the DL with a neck strain. The injection was well-timed as Cashner missed just one start.
“Yeah I think it was more maintenance than it was an injury,” Cashner said. “I had a chance to get ahead of something. I was just feeling some discomfort and I think, I’ll be able to post the rest of the way.”
Cashner said he’s regularly received some kind of injection during the All-Star break.
“Typically every All-Star break I get injections,” Cashner said. “Where it’s at depends on how I feel. … I think for everybody [the break] a chance to feel pain free. I think that’s the thing for me.”
Fry allowed the two grounders that were ruled hits and struck out two while walking one.
In nine outings, Fry has allowed just two earned runs over 10 innings, posting a 1.80 ERA.
Fry entered a tie game with the winning run on third and two outs in the ninth and struck out left-handed hitting slugger
90-91 but you’ve got to play it up because of the late life and late recognition on it with the breaking ball.”
The biggest key to Fry’s early success — other than a deceptive delivery and late break on his slider that has made hitters that haven’t seen him before uncomfortable — is his improved command. He’s averaged 3.8 walks per nine innings over his minor league career, and opening the season at Double-A Norfolk, Fry averaged 5.2 walks per nine, a number he lowered to 1.5 at Triple-A Norfolk and 0.9 with the Orioles.