Sunday afternoon game thread: vs Red Sox, 1:35

It’s been a weird weekend at Camden Yards. Neither of the games have been close, and the Red Sox have fired half of their coaching staff. Saying it that plainly would make you think the Orioles have outclassed the Red Sox all series. But that wouldn’t be true.

Sure, the O’s looked amazing in the opener, but they really stunk up the place in the sequel. And yet, the Red Sox front office chose to do the firing of World Series-winning manager Alex Cora and many of his underlings right after their team

won a game by 16 runs. The optics of that are odd, though the team’s 10-17 record overall gives it more logic.

Chad Tracy will step into Cora’s shoes. He was an MLB player for parts of ten seasons, most of those spent with the Diamondbacks. More recently, the 45-year-old has been a coach in the Red Sox system. Up until Saturday he was manager of their Triple-A squad, the Worcester Red Sox.

For the Orioles, it’s business as usual. Saturday’s game was so terrible that they may as well flush it and move on. They have a series to win, against a division opponent no less. With a day off coming on Monday everyone should be available to get the W. That includes closer Ryan Helsley, who was activated from the bereavement list earlier today. Albert Suarez was DFA’d to make room. You have to imagine the O’s hope they can get Suarez back to Triple-A Norfolk, but he may have opportunities elsewhere.

Orioles lineup

1. Taylor Ward, LF
2. Gunnar Henderson, SS
3. Adley Rutschman, DH
4. Pete Alonso, 1B
5. Tyler O’Neill, RF
6. Samuel Basallo, C
7. Jeremiah Jackson, 2B
8. Dylan Beavers, CF
9. Blaze Alexander, 3B

RHP Kyle Bradish (1-2, 3.96 ERA)

Red Sox lineup

1. Jarren Duran, LF
2. Willson Contreras, 1B
3. Roman Anthony, DH
4. Wilyer Abreu, RF
5. Ceddanne Rafaela, CF
6. Marcelo Mayer, 2B
7. Caleb Durbin, 3B
8. Connor Wong, C
9. Andruw Monasterio, SS

LHP Connelly Early (1-1, 2.88 ERA)

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