“I just tried to keep my composure,” Lee said. “I have to thank my teammates — Bader, Buxton, [Matt] Wallner, he’s not even playing, he’s on the [injured list] — for telling me to keep my head up and stay focused.”
Ober surrendered eight hits and a walk in five innings, but he saved his best pitches for whenever runners were in scoring position. After giving up a run in the second inning, he struck out two batters with baserunners on second and third.
The Orioles scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the third inning after Lee committed an error on a potential double-play grounder, the ball skipping off his glove into right field. But for the second consecutive inning, Ober responded with back-to-back strikeouts to leave two runners on base.
“It was definitely a grindy one,” said Ober, whose start was moved up a day because Joe Ryan was sick. “I’m pretty tired right now.”
After Baltimore collected back-to-back singles to open the fourth inning, from the bottom two hitters in the lineup, Ober struck out Gunnar Henderson on an elevated fastball and induced a double play against former No. 1 overall pick Jackson Holliday. Ober pumped his fist twice while letting out a yell.
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