PHILADELPHIA (AP) These aren’t the 100-loss Baltimore Orioles anymore.
Pedro Severino and Rio Ruiz hit homers to back Thomas Eshelman and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-4 Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
Eshelman (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings to earn his second career win.
The Orioles, who lost 108 games last season and 115 in 2018, are off to a 10-7 start.
”I’ve seen it from the get-go,” Jose Iglesias said. ”Regardless of whether we’re winning or losing, I see potential. I see very hungry players with a lot of talent. They want to be better. I see chemistry. I’ve been around and I see a good group that wants to compete and they get along. And for me that has a lot of value.”
Eshelman was Philadelphia’s minor league pitcher of the year in 2017 but the right-hander was traded to Baltimore last year