O's game blog: Corbin Burnes faces the Tigers in series Game 2

DETROIT - The Orioles are just 1-3 on their two-city road trip and have scored 11 runs in four games against Boston and Detroit.

Baltimore (83-65) has lost five of six and six of eight and is 9-12 the last 21 games. The O's are 25-27 since the All-Star break and 30-34 since July 1.

Detroit came up one out short of the 10th no-hitter in Tigers history on a night when skipper A.J. Hinch started an opener and used four pitchers. Gunnar Henderson's triple with two outs in the ninth ended the no-hit bid. The Orioles had had seven no-hitters pitched against them in team history, but no combined no-hitters.

Friday night right-hander Beau Brieske was the opener and got four outs. Then lefty Brant Hurter went 5 2/3 innings and struck out eight to get the win. Righty Brenan Hanifee pitched an inning and lefty Tyler Holton picked up his eighth save.

Hurter became the 10th reliever in major league history to throw 5 2/3 or more no-hit innings while getting eight or more strikeouts. The last to do that was Boston's Nick Pivetta, on July 17, 2023 at Oakland.

In three September games, Hurter is 3-0 with a 1.13 ERA with 16 strikeouts over 16 innings.

Holton is 3-0 with an ERA of 0.41 since June 29, walking just five batters while striking out 34 over 44 innings.

Kerry Carpenter's homer in the first inning, his 15th of the season, provided the game's only run. Over eight career games versus Baltimore he is batting .318/.348/.773/1.121 with three homers and three RBIs.

Carpenter, since returning from the injured list Aug. 13, leads the Tigers in batting average (.299), OBP (.361), slugging (.621), OPS (.982), homers (7), RBIs (21) and total bases (54). Among AL hitters with at least 200 plate appearances he ranks third in slugging (.591), eighth in OPS (.939) and 10th in home run rate (5.7 percent).

Right-hander Corbin Burnes (13-8, 3.18) will try to pitch another good game for the Orioles. Baltimore starting pitchers have a 1.37 ERA the past three games and have five quality starts and a 2.57 ERA over the last seven games. 

In five August starts, Burnes was 1-3 with a 7.36 ERA. But he has allowed just four earned runs over his past three starts, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA. In those games he has allowed 10 runs and 18 hits in 16 innings, but with just the four earned runs.

The Orioles are 18-11 in his starts this season.

In three career games (two starts) against Detroit, Burnes is 1-0 with a 1.20 ERA and 0.733 WHIP. 

Detroit will start right-hander Beau Brieske (2-4, 3.97 ERA) for the second day in a row as an opener. They could then turn to right-hander Ty Madden (1-0, 2.57 ERA). 

The Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees 7-1 today meaning the O's will be two games back for the division lead with a win tonight. But Kansas City won its game, 5-1 at Pittsburgh. With an O's loss tonight, K.C. moves within one game of the Orioles for the top AL wild-card spot. The O's won the season series 4-2 over the Royals and hold the tiebreaker.