It was an innings Marcus Stroman would like to forget.
The right-hander, making his first start since Sept. 10 and only playing because Nestor Cortes (flexor strain) was placed on the disabled list earlier in the day, allowed hits to the first six Orioles batters he faced in the first inning, giving up three memorable runs.
Baltimore didn't hit a ton of laser-like balls from him, but the balls fell in the holes.
It started with Gunnar Henderson hitting an infield single followed by Jordan Westberg hitting a liner just out of reach of Anthony Volpe.
Anthony Santander singled to center field and Colton Cowser scored two runs on a fly ball down the left field line that Jasson Dominguez overran.
Luckily for Stroman, Santander was called out while trying to reach third base, otherwise the damage could have been much worse.
He got Cedric Mullins to ground out with two runners on base, limiting the Orioles to three runs.
