Dylan Bundy on his outing and other clubhouse quotes

For most of his postgame interview tonight, Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy was as tough on himself as he was for most of tonight on Colorado Rockies hitters.

While he will no doubt take away a lot of positives from tonight's outing, maybe it's another good sign for the rookie that he wants to focus as much on what went wrong in a game his team lost.

Tonight, for Bundy, not a lot went wrong. But after retiring the first 16 Rockies he faced - eight on strikeouts, a new career-high - he allowed two homers and three runs in the sixth as Colorado beat the Orioles 3-1 at Camden Yards.

After Mark Reynolds walked with one out that inning, former Oriole Nick Hundley hit a two-run homer to left. An out later, David Dahl hit one out to center and the Rockies opened up a 3-0 lead. They went on to join Seattle as the only teams to win a series at Camden Yards this year.

"Yeah, just two mistakes," Bundy said. "Changeups that were up in the zone and they were able to attack them for homers. Maybe just a little bit more focus or location a little bit better, and get out of that with six innings pitched and no harm done."

The homers were the only two hits Bundy allowed over 5 2/3 innings, as he is now 3-3 with an ERA of 3.46. He said he could sense that Rockies hitters were making adjustments to his changeup.

"Yeah, I could tell they were staying back. But if I throw it down in the zone like it's supposed to be, shouldn't have a problem with it. But it was just up," he said.

Still, the changeup has been a key pitch for Bundy to offset his mid-to-upper-90s fastball, especially in his last two starts.

"Just getting it into the game earlier," he said. "Getting them thinking about the changeup and the curveball as well. Just makes my fastball play even better, but you have to locate it. You can't throw it right down the middle."

Bundy's 5 1/3 perfect innings to start tonight's game is the longest run by an O's pitcher since Wei-Yin Chen went 5 1/3 on Sept. 10, 2014 at Boston, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Bundy fanned a career-best eight tonight on a career-high 89 pitches. But when a reporter suggested that was impressive, Bundy did not agree.

"I don't look at it as impressive. Strikeouts make your pitch count go up. It's hard to go deep in the game when your pitch count is that high. So, I'm still working on getting groundballs earlier in counts to some guys. It's a work in progress. I'm starting to learn the routine better and get into a groove with workouts and throwing and stuff like that," he said.

The Orioles didn't back Bundy with much offense tonight. In losing the series to the Rockies, they scored seven runs on 17 hits and went 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position.

More clubhouse quotes:

Mark Trumbo on Rockies starter Jon Gray: "Had a mid-90s fastball that got inside on us quite a bit. Had some nice offspeed pitches, too. He did a really good job of hitting his spots and there were not a whole lot of good pitches to hit."

Trumbo on Bundy pitching so well: "It's huge. Huge shot in the arm. He went out there and was dominant for most of the game. If he can sustain some quality starts as we go on, we're only going to be a better team because of it."

Trumbo asked how he is feeling in the heat having played every game: "Doing the best I can to stay fresh. Kind of trying to pick and choose some spots. But, it's the time of the year where there is a decent amount of wear and tear. Just going to have to gut it out. This is the grind they talk about."

Catcher Matt Wieters on Bundy's outing: "I thought he had great stuff. First five innings, he was locating all three pitches, mixing and matching. Two changeups that got up and really, it all came after a great play he made on that cued ball up the line. Whether that took a little bit out of him, I don't know. But he threw the ball great all night. If he does that every time he goes out there, he'll give us a great chance to win."

Wieters on Bundy helping the starting staff: "It's a nice shot in the arm for the rotation to have Dylan do what he was originally drafted for and what we always knew was in there. He had to take a different road than he would have hoped for. But, I think it's made him better and stronger for it. We're excited he's back starting now and always felt that is where he would get back to. It's nice to see it happening now."

Wieters on long drive he hit that was ruled foul and confirmed foul after replay review: "I thought when I hit it it was going to go foul, but then watching it, I thought it went right over the top of the (foul) pole. Tough call. That sun glare that is over the pole that time of the game. But we've seen three of them this year and not one has been overturned."