


Game recap
Schoop, Castillo homer in fifth inning as starter goes five

The win earned them a series win and sent the Orioles into today’s nonwaiver trade deadline at 50-54, 5
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“You’re playing a day game here and the ball’s flying, you need to keep adding on,” manager Buck Showalter said. “We knew that they were going to make a run at us. … Very quietly, [Castillo] is hitting .280 with 10 home runs in not a whole lot of at-bats. That was a big home run. Any run we can scratch across against them — you need margin of error in this place against that team, against all major league teams.”
Schoop added an RBI-single in the sixth inning. He, third baseman
Beltré achieved the milestone in his fourth attempt of the series, and was greeted on the field by his teammates and family during a celebration that the Orioles were glad to take part in.
“As a fan of the game, what a career that guy has had,” Miley said. “I wasn’t trying to let him get a hit by any means, but at the same time, as a fan, if it had to happen, that guy is an unbelievable player. That’s who you want your kids to watch. That’s the kind of respect I have for him. It’s a special moment for him, let him celebrate. However long they took, I felt like it went pretty quick. Congrats to that guy. He’s been fun to watch for the last 19 years, and hopefully he keeps rapping out some more.”
Miley didn’t allow a hit until the third inning, and only really found trouble in the fourth, when a one-out walk and Beltré’s historic double put two men on for second baseman Rougned Odor to drive home with a two-out single.
Two Rangers reached in Miley’s fifth and final inning, but he stranded them. His ERA was down to 5.60 by day’s end.
“Better overall,” Miley said. “Still not great. I didn’t throw a lot of strikes. Didn’t get ahead of guys like I wanted to, but at the same time, I was able to make some pitches in key situations and we were able to score some runs. Obviously, that makes it a lot easier to pitch.”
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“I’ll tell you, Miley was good,” he said. “To pitch five innings and hold that club to two runs, it may not have always looked aesthetically pleasing but he never gave in and started just throwing.”
Six pitchers —
Orioles pitching combined to strike out 14 batters, their most since April 30.
Machado is batting .281 since the All-Star break.