Orioles hit 4 homers off Cortes, beat Padres 7-5 to complete sweep
Jackson Holliday, Colton Cowser, Coby Mayo, and Alex Jackson each hit home runs off Nestor Cortes, contributing to the Orioles' 7-5 victory and three-game sweep of the Padres.
- The Baltimore Orioles secured a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday in San Diego, marking the first time this season they have swept the Padres in a three-game series.
- The sweep followed an early Orioles surge with four home runs off Padres starter Nestor Cortes, who allowed six runs in 2.1 innings and was booed after leaving the mound.
- Mason Miller recorded only the second perfect three-strikeout frame in franchise history by striking out three batters on nine consecutive strikes during the eighth inning.
- Two Padres hitters each launched home runs in the late innings—one in the sixth and another to start the seventh—helping San Diego narrow the score deficit.
- The Orioles’ sweep extended the Padres’ losing streak to four games amid ongoing issues with starting pitching and late leads, prompting calls for improved control and deeper outings.
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Orioles hit 4 homers off Cortes, beat Padres 7-5 to complete sweep
Jackson Holliday hit a leadoff homer and Colton Cowser, Coby Mayo and Alex Jackson hit consecutive shots in the third inning — all off Nestor Cortes — and the Baltimore Orioles beat struggling San Diego 7-5 on Wednesday for their first three-game sweep of the Padres.
San Diego, California.- Escobas arriba por Orioles de Baltimore sobre Padres en el Parque Petco con la slatera de 7-5 este Wednesday. With the recent defeat, the friars’ streak with a 2-8 record in the last 10 games, a 3 games Dodgers por el banderín del Oeste. It wasn’t a good day for Nestor Cortes, with the mission of controlling the feathered, but a rally in the six runs in the third inning damaged the Sandieguino pitcheo, in that chapter, we…
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SAN DIEGO–What happened? The Orioles completed an unlikely three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres, who are heavily favored to play in October. The Orioles scored seven runs in the first three innings, then hung on for a 7-5 win before 35,019 at Petco Park on Wednesday. With the win, the Orioles (64-76) swept an …
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