ECM PADRES REPORT: O'S FLY IN TO TAKE GAME ONE; DARVISH PASSES HIDEO NOMO FOR MOST STRIKEOUTS BY JAPANESE PITCHER

August 2023 Articles

San Diego Padres

Story by Liz Alper

Photo via @padres on Twitter

August 14, 2023 (San Diego) - The Padres took a break from the NL West and welcomed the Orioles for a three-game set. Grayson Rodriguez started tonight for Baltimore against Yu Darvish.

Ryan O’Hearn opened the scoring with a homer to left in the second and the Orioles led 1-0 after two.

Gunnar Henderson added on in the fifth with a three-RBI double and the Os led 4-1 after five.

Garrett Cooper got the Padres on the board with a solo homer in the sixth and the Orioles took game one with an easy 4-1 win, outshined only by Darvish passing Hideo Nomo for the most strikeouts by a Japanese-born pitcher.

UP NEXT

Game two tomorrow is at 6:40 p.m. Jack Flaherty starts for the Os against Michael Wacha.

TRANSACTIONS

Drew Carlton transferred to 60-day IL (right elbow inflammation)
Ji-Man Choi on 10-day IL retro to August 12 (left ribcage strain)
Ben Gamel contract selected

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