For several seconds Monday night, right-hander Logan Gillaspie remained hunched over on the edge of the mound, hands on his knees and two more runs on the board. He had entered in the fifth inning with two runners on and the game still close.
And when he left? The right-hander trudged to the dugout with five hits and four runs to his name in 1/3 of an inning, a disastrous outing that debilitated the Orioles’ chances against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The 16th pitch of Gillaspie’s outing resulted in a two-run single for Raimel Tapia, sneaking through the middle to leave Gillaspie bent double. His 17th — and final — pitch was lashed into the right-field corner by Cavan Biggio for an RBI triple, prompting manager Brandon Hyde to exit the dugout to end the onslaught against his reliever.
The calamitous relief appearance derailed right-hander Kyle Bradish’s start, which hadn’t been strong but still left a glimmer of an opportunity for Baltimore. Instead, the Orioles suffered an 11-1 loss in the first contest of a four-game series against the Blue Jays, and it marked the second straight day the bullpen struggled.
