Overview

• Colton Cowser homered in his first game since being activated off the 60-day injured list after breaking his left thumb in March.
• Tomoyuki Sugano pitched seven innings of one-run ball, allowing five hits, one walk and recording five strikeouts to lower his ERA to 3.04.
• Seattle starter George Kirby exited in the fifth inning after a 102.7 mph comebacker struck his face, preventing his return.
• Baltimore added two insurance runs in the ninth inning on an RBI double by Heston Kjerstad and an RBI single by Jackson Holliday.
• Right-hander Cade Povich is slated to start the series finale on Wednesday against Seattle’s Emerson Hancock.