After every win comes the moment when you check the standings and start doing the mental math of what it will take for this team to play meaningful baseball again.
Starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano lowered his season ERA to 3.04 and built his growing All-Star case by pitching seven innings with one run against him.
Ryan Mountcastle was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. The injury occurred Friday night when Mountcastle stole home in the sixth inning of the Orioles’ 2-1 win over the White Sox.
Even with Friday’s 2-1 victory, the lack of complementary baseball made this a close-run affair and put pressure on Eflin to be perfect for much of his outing.