Right-hander Bud Norris returned to the Orioles’ rotation on Sunday afternoon and helped Baltimore claim a series win in Cleveland with a 7-3 victory over the Indians at Progressive Field. Matt Wieters helped lead the offense with a home run and a triple.
Norris, who had been on the 15-day disabled list while battling bronchitis, logged five innings against the Indians in his first outing for the Orioles since May 10. The righty struck out seven, scattered four hits, issued two walks and held Cleveland to a 1-for-7 showing with runners in scoring position in his time on the hill.
“It felt great to just get back out there and play and have my team behind me,” Norris said. “They were all very opening when I got back to Cleveland, so I just want to go out and help the team. To win two out of three on the road is hard to do, and that’s a good club over there.”
Indians starter Carlos Carrasco picked up the loss after being charged with five runs on seven hits in only four innings — his shortest non-injury-related start of the season. Carrasco surrendered a solo homer to Baltimore’s Adam Jones in the first inning, allowed three runs with two outs in the fourth and was on the hook for the run the O’s tacked on in the fifth.
“I didn’t have my best stuff today,” Carrasco said. “My fastball command, it was a little bit out of the zone. I had to use more sliders, so they saw that a lot, and that’s why I gave up hits.”
Manny Machado (RBI single) and Travis Snider (two-run single) each came through for the Orioles in the fourth-inning outburst. Wieters added some insurance for Baltimore with a leadoff homer in the ninth inning, marking his first home run of the year after being activated from the disabled list on Friday.
Against Norris, Cleveland’s only run came off the bat of Brandon Moss, who connected for an RBI double in the fourth inning. The Tribe loaded the bases with one out in the seventh against Baltimore’s bullpen but only managed to produce one run on a groundout from Ryan Raburn. In the ninth, Raburn added an RBI single off reliever Darren O’Day.
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