 struck out eight and allowed six hits in six-plus innings. The lefty permitted only two runners to reach second base until he gave up a walk and a single to open the seventh.That ended his night with Detroit leading 3-0. Buck Farmer and Daniel Stumpf kept the runners in place, Joe Jimenez needed 31 pitches to get out of the eighth and Shane Greene got three straight outs for his 17th save in 18 tries.It was Detroit's second shutout of the season, and the fourth time Baltimore has been blanked.The game drew a crowd of 8,106, the seventh time in 27 games the Orioles have attracted fewer than 10,000 fans to Camden Yards. Baltimore has lost 16 of 20 and owns the worst record in the majors (17-38).Boyd and the Detroit bullpen outpitched Orioles starter Dylan Bundy (2-6), who gave up three runs and seven hits. He struck out eight, the last one giving him 500 for his career.Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk earlier in the day, DJ Stewart had three hits and a stolen base for Baltimore.Detroit went up 1-0 in the first inning when Miguel Cabrera singled in a run, his 69th RBI in 70 career games against Baltimore.Jones hit a run-scoring double in the second, and Goodrum made it 3-0 in the fifth with his first home run in 23 games since April 30.ROSTER MOVESTigers: RHP Spencer Turnbull was placed on the bereavement list and replaced by INF Jeimer Candelario, who was recalled from Triple-A Toledo. The Tigers also signed RHP Carlos Torres to a minor league contract and assigned him to Toledo. The 36-year-old Torres has 358 major league appearances, most recently with Washington last year.Orioles: Stewart was summoned from Norfolk after batting .456 with five homers in May. The 25th overall pick in the 2015 draft, Stewart made his major league debut last year, hitting .250 with three homers in 17 games with Baltimore.MANCINI OR BUS(T)Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is pushing for 1B-OF Trey Mancini (.300, 17 doubles, 10 homers) to make the AL All-Star squad. ''I'm on the Trey Mancini for All-Star Game bandwagon. I'm driving the bus,'' Hyde said.TRAINER'S ROOMTigers: INF Josh Harrison (left hamstring tendon strain) was placed on the 10-day injured list. Harrison is hitting .176 with a homer and eight RBIs in his first season with the Tigers. Detroit recalled OF Victor Reyes from Toledo, where he was hitting .242 with four homers and 30 RBIs. ... SS Jordy Mercer (right quad strain) went 1 for 2 with Toledo in his fourth rehab game, leaving after three innings.Orioles: DH Mark Trumbo (knee surgery) launched his rehab assignment by going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts for Double-A Bowie.UP NEXTTigers: LHP Ryan Carpenter (0-2, 9.00 ERA) makes his fourth start of season Wednesday night, still in search of his second career win. It will be his first appearance against Baltimore.Orioles: LHP John Means (5-4, 2.96) has allowed three runs over five innings in each of his last two outings after giving up a total of two runs in his previous two starts.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Nunez, Orioles look to tame Tigers againFLMThe Baltimore Orioles have been struggling with closing out games recently. They finally did so successfully in a different way Monday against the visiting Detroit Tigers and hope to keep rolling when they play the second game of this three-game series on Tuesday night.Baltimore has lost late leads several recent games. In fact, before Monday's game, manager Brandon Hyde said they would move closer Mychal Givens out of that role to let him settle down, but he added that the Orioles definitely need him back there.In Monday's 5-3 victory over the Tigers, Baltimore's Gabriel Ynoa made his first career start and went four innings. He gave up two runs before giving way to Dan Straily, who has been moved out of the starting rotation due to his recent problems.Straily, though, got the win after allowing only one run in four innings, and Shawn Armstrong closed it in the ninth despite running into some trouble. He got the final out with runners at second and third to earn his second career save."I know our guys play hard," Hyde said. "We play to win." Baltimore took advantage of some Detroit mistakes. Shortstop Ronny Rodriguez tried to throw to second to start a double play in the third, but made a wild throw that eventually led to two runs.The Tigers cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth on a double by Nicholas Castellanos, but he got caught too far off second after a fly ball to right, and shortstop Richie Martin grabbed the throw and started a rundown. Those two gaffes alone really hurt the Tigers and helped the Orioles.Baltimore also has been hitting better of late, and Renato Nunez homered, his sixth in eight games.The Orioles also made two moves on Monday. They traded pitcher Yefry Ramirez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later or cash, and sent pitcher Evan Phillips back to Triple-A Norfolk after the game.Detroit's problems continue to mount in a number of spots.The Tigers had chances to win or at least tie Monday but couldn't come through on offense. They've been one of the worst offensive teams in the majors this season.After Monday's game, the Tigers' batting average is .225, fourth lowest in the major leagues. Plus, they're not getting those hits at the key times.Also, Detroit is missing four starting pitchers. Manager Ron Gardenhire told MLB.com on Sunday that the organization lacks depth and is unable to solve this puzzle."We don't have enough down there in the minor leagues that can really come up and do anything right now," Gardenhire said. "They're not ready for this." Gardenhire said they're looking for whatever solutions they can find, especially when it comes to pitching, because they need help."It's tough; we even went into Double-A bringing people up, and we're still trying to finagle our way through," he said to MLB.com. "We're signing older guys. We're just trying. All the staff is trying to find people to help us get through it ... and it all boils down to those four (injured) starters." On Tuesday, left-hander Matthew Boyd, who has been effective for the Tigers, will start. He's 4-4 with a 3.11 ERA, and will face right-hander Dylan Bundy (2-5, 4.67).Bundy has a career record of 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA in two games (one start) against the Tigers. Boyd has no wins or losses in three career starts versus Baltimore, with a 7.62 ERA.--Field Level Media
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