Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers

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A day after Tarik Skubal carved up the Royals for a season-high 12 strikeouts, he took the ball again with Detroit trying to salvage a series against the same Orioles team it had just humiliated 14-0 the night before. On the other side, Trevor Rogers came in off a solid no-decision against Atlanta, looking to keep Baltimore's rotation respectable while the lineup tried to answer for one of the worst offensive performances of its season.

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Orioles(52-56)

LWLWL

10

+1.5-125+170o7.5+102

Tigers(51-57)

WLLLW

9

-1.5+122-174u7.5-102

Best BetTigers -178

Postgame

Lost — Detroit led 7-0 but Baltimore scored 9 unanswered across the 7th, 8th and 11th to steal it in 12.

Pregame

We backed the Tigers at -167 on the strength of Skubal's start and a lineup that had just dropped 14 runs on this same Baltimore club a night earlier. The price has since tightened to -183, but the floor fell out anyway as Detroit's pen couldn't hold a 7-run cushion. A tough beat given how lopsided the recent head-to-head had looked.

The Tigers had reason to feel good about this matchup walking in. Skubal owns a 2.79 ERA and has been arguably the best pitcher in the league this season, and Detroit's lineup had just torched Baltimore across every inning of a blowout. But this version of the Tigers is also playing under a cloud — Jack Flaherty's forearm injury is expected to linger beyond the minimum 15 days, Kerry Carpenter got a cortisone shot in his foot this week, and Matt Vierling had to leave this very game with an undisclosed injury. None of that screams a team built for a deep second-half run.

Trevor Rogers

(7-8)·4.21 ERA

Jul 24 vs Braves

ND

7.0IP

2ER

6K

0BB

88P

07/29 Lineup

Tarik Skubal

(7-6)·2.93 ERA

Jul 24 vs Royals

W

7.1IP

1ER

12K

2BB

91P

07/29 Lineup

Baltimore, meanwhile, arrived banged up at the position that matters most behind the plate. Both Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo are on the 10-day IL and won't even begin baseball activities until the upcoming homestand, and Ryan Mountcastle's foot rehab keeps getting pushed back. Throw in Chris Bassitt still working his way back from the 60-day IL, and it's a lineup playing without several key pieces — the kind of group that shouldn't have had 9 unanswered runs left in the tank against Detroit's bullpen. It did anyway.

Detroit built exactly the kind of lead that should end a series on a high note — 3 in the second, 2 more in the fourth, 2 in the fifth, up 7-0 with Skubal on the mound. Then the Orioles' bats, silent for 14 straight innings against this same club, suddenly woke up. Five runs in the seventh cut it to 7-5, two more in the eighth tied it, and after both teams traded 2-run innings in the 11th, Baltimore scratched across the game-winner in the 12th to escape with a 10-9 win.

Baltimore Orioles

(52-56)

Jul 28L@ Tigers0-14

Jul 27W@ Tigers8-5

Jul 26Lvs Braves2-3

Jul 25Wvs Braves3-2

Jul 24Lvs Braves6-7

Detroit Tigers

(51-57)

Jul 28Wvs Orioles14-0

Jul 27Lvs Orioles5-8

Jul 26Lvs Royals4-5

Jul 25Lvs Royals2-3

Jul 24Wvs Royals2-1

Baltimore Orioles

(10)

• 10-Day-ILSamuel Basallo (C) — Basallo (shoulder) will be reassessed to resume baseball activities during the Orioles' upcoming homestand, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/28
• 10-Day-ILAdley Rutschman (C) — Rutschman (wrist) will be reassessed to begin baseball activities during the Orioles' upcoming homestand, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/28
• 10-Day-ILBlaze Alexander (3B) — Alexander (hand) does not have a timeline to return from the 10-day injured list, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILChris Bassitt (SP) — Bassitt (back) tossed 3.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit and a walk while striking out three batters in Tuesday's rehab start with Triple-A Norfolk, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/28
• 60-Day-ILRyan Mountcastle (1B) — Mountcastle (foot) is not starting a rehab assignment Tuesday night as initially planned, and he is now being re-evaluated, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.07/28
• 60-Day-ILRyan Helsley (RP) — Baltimore transferred Helsley (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.07/19
• 60-Day-ILKeegan Akin (RP) — Akin (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/15
• 60-Day-ILFelix Bautista (RP) — Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias said Saturday that Bautista (shoulder) has been "throwing really, really well" in his bullpen sessions, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.06/29
• 60-Day-ILColin Selby (RP) — Selby plans to receive a second opinion on his right shoulder before continuing his rehab program, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.06/29
• 60-Day-ILJordan Westburg (3B) — Westburg (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday, Andrew Golden of TheBanner.com reports.05/15

Detroit Tigers

(13)

• Day-To-DayMatt Vierling (CF) — Vierling was removed from Wednesday's contest versus the Orioles with an undisclosed injury, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.07/29
• 10-Day-ILKerry Carpenter (RF) — Carpenter (foot) received a cortisone injection Tuesday, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.07/28
• 15-Day-ILJack Flaherty (SP) — Manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday that he expects Flaherty (forearm) to be on the injured list beyond the 15-day minimum, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.07/28
• 60-Day-ILJackson Jobe (SP) — Jobe (elbow) struck out four and allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks across four innings in a rehab start Saturday with Double-A Erie.07/27
• 60-Day-ILBrant Hurter (RP) — Hurter (spine) threw a bullpen session Friday, MLB.com reports.07/26
• 60-Day-ILBurch Smith (RP) — Smith is being evaluated after exiting a rehab appearance with Triple-A Toledo on Thursday with right shoulder/lat discomfort, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.07/24
• 60-Day-ILWill Vest (RP) — Detroit transferred Vest (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.07/19
• 60-Day-ILBailey Horn (RP) — Horn (elbow) will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILJustin Verlander (SP) — Verlander (hamstring/hip) announced Wednesday via social media that he will retire following the 2026 season.07/08
• 60-Day-ILWenceel Perez (RF) — Perez (orbital) played light catch on the field at Comerica Park on Tuesday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.07/07
• 60-Day-ILParker Meadows (CF) — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday that Meadows (forearm) has yet to resume hitting and is without a timeline to return from the 60-day injured list, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.06/25
• 60-Day-ILTrey Sweeney (SS) — Sweeney will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery this week, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.06/05
• 60-Day-ILReese Olson (SP) — The Tigers placed Olson on the 60-day injured list Tuesday after he underwent a right shoulder labral repair Feb. 2 that will result in him missing the 2026 season.05/08

It's a brutal way for Detroit to close out a series it controlled for six innings, and it comes at the worst possible time. The trade deadline hits August 3, and rival executives have been calling about Skubal even as the Tigers' front office reportedly wants to hang onto him for a playoff push that keeps getting harder to justify. Games like this — blowing a 7-run cushion at home to a sub-.500 team playing without its top catchers — are exactly the kind of results that make that decision tougher by the day.