Astros Triumph Over Orioles: Arrighetti Outshines Burnes

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00:00If on your bingo card yesterday, you had Houston Spencer Arrighetti out dueling Baltimore's

00:09Corbin Burns, congratulations to you as the Astros win the opener in Baltimore, 6-0 against

00:16the O's.

00:17Arrighetti sensational for Houston, Corbin Burns allowing five earned runs, DRS Burns

00:23has made four starts in August, he has allowed 20 total earned runs in this month.

00:29Not what Baltimore needed back at home yesterday after they have really been mediocre since

00:34the All-Star break and in August.

00:35Yeah, and it's funny because I felt like I was like trying to climb a mountain here,

00:39going like, I still stick with the Yankees at this point, even though it doesn't look

00:42very good right now.

00:43Well, it looks pretty good for the Yankees and it's getting a little bit dark here for

00:46the Baltimore Oros.

00:47Now, as I said that, they're still one of the best teams in the American League, they're

00:50going to make the playoffs, but that's when you have your stopper on the mound and he's

00:54getting shelled, that's tough for that clubhouse because you look to that guy and say, all

00:59right, things might not be going well, but tomorrow, if we score two runs, we're going

01:03to pick up a victory.

01:04And how about for Baltimore?

01:05It looks like the Phillies, man, just showing up against a pitcher that's okay, maybe has

01:09a good start here and there and is a decent young pitcher.

01:12Three hits at home, getting beat six to nothing with your ace on the mound.

01:17You can't look to them and say, hey, maybe the Cole Irvins of the world are going to,

01:19that's not the case here.

01:20It's supposed to be Corbin Burns shutting the door here.

01:23That's a devastating loss for the Orioles.

01:25Not just because, of course, they lost a game to the Astros, teams fighting for playoff

01:28contention.

01:29I understand, but when your ace gets hammered at home like that, that's never good.

01:34Because of Corbin Burns, Baltimore was greater than a dollar and a half favorite against

01:38an Astros team that is surging, who is now 13 and six in August.

01:42On the other edge of the coin, Baltimore now nine and 11 in this month, Houston, a victory,

01:49a five and a half game lead now in the American League West.