Newly acquired Norris excellent in debut with Tigers

The Orioles play nine games in Oakland, Los Angeles and Seattle after winning five of seven on their homestand.

The Detroit Tigers jumped out to a six-run lead within the fourth inning Friday night time.

“He’s a very dynamic player”, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said. “That’s the way you play, just like the road trip”.

Baseball’s best players sat on the field that night, and they were stunned into silence. While Baltimore has won six of its last seven following a four-game skid, Detroit has dropped four of six and yielded 43 runs in that stretch. “It’s better today than it was yesterday”, he said Sunday morning. Of course, J.D. Martinez did his fair share to take the pressure off.

Detroit Tigers’ J.D. Martinez is congratulated after hitting a three run home run against the Ba …

He’ll get his first shot Saturday night as the No. 3 hitter, playing left field, thrust into a crucial series for the Mets. You’re putting the other pitcher [in a situation where] he’s comfortable on the mound because he has a lead.

With a Sunday afternoon loss, the Orioles split the four-game set with the Tigers. Right fielder Nolan Reimold’s throw to second hit second baseman Jonathan Schoop, the cutoff man, in the hip and bounced into shallow center field, allowing Davis to reach third.

Davis scored on Anthony Gose’s single. Iglesias hit a triple, and Kinsler chased Jimenez with a run-scoring single for a 6-1 lead. Either of these two plays easily could’ve gone the other way, and then the Orioles would’ve been out of the inning with the score still 3-1. “They didn’t have a tire to fit my back tire, and then I just had to sit in a Target parking lot and wait for the tow truck to come and wait for my ride to arrive”. “If you try to do too much, the wheels can fall off pretty quickly”. “I don’t think he shook one time all day”, Kinsler said.

“The hitting was there, the pitching wasn’t there”, Krol said. It was the only run scored by the Orioles (53-51). The only blemish against him was a solo home run from Chris Davis in the bottom of the 4th. “I thought I did a fine job of staying within myself and pitching my game”. Jorge Rondon, although not particularly dominant, kept runs off the board for the next 3.1 innings. Wilson will start in place of Chris Tillman on Monday. That’s not even giving due credit to Steven Matz, who was superb in his first couple of starts, and Zack Wheeler, who provided glimpses of greatness before needing Tommy John surgery at the start of Spring Training. He certainly didn’t enjoy his work. He retired 12 straight Orioles from the fourth to eighth inning.

Farmer’s remained at 0-3 in his Major League career, though his ERA fell to 8.50 (17 earned runs in 27 1/3 innings).

The Mets probably do not care if he walks or not, after all they were the ones who went out and got him.

The Mets completed a deal to acquire Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers in exchange for two minor-league pitchers, the biggest trade at Friday’s deadline. “For us, the prudent move is to say ‘OK, take a step back.’ I’m sure the guys in there don’t necessarily feel the same way, and I wouldn’t expect them to”.

The Orioles filled one of their most pressing needs by obtaining leftfielder Gerardo Parra from the Milwaukee Brewers for minor-league righthander Zach Davies.