A lot can change in a span of a few days for bullpen pitchers. It has for the Orioles’ bullpen.
Heading into the Yankees series, the O’s ‘pen was coming off a weekend with two blown leads in the ninth weekend. And that ‘pen had been scored on in 13 of the previous 16 games, pitching to an ERA of 5.37 in that span.
Then Cionel Perez, Yennier Cano and Danny Coulombe combined for 3 1/3 scoreless to close out Monday’s 2-0 win over New York. And Keegan Akin and Jacob Webb combined for two scoreless in last night’s 4-2 victory.
Webb got his first save with the Orioles, getting four outs, three via a strikeout, on three different pitches Tuesday night.
He ended the eighth fanning Aaron Judge on a changeup and began the ninth with strike outs of Giancarlo Stanton on a sweeper and of Anthony Rizzo looking at a 95 mph fastball. He got a groundout to end the game.