BALTIMORE — Sunday’s afternoon game at Camden Yards was a matchup of what could have been and what is. Two pitchers who share a last name, one whose days in an Oriole uniform never came and another for whom they are only beginning, dueled in a crowded Baltimore venue older than either of them.
But neither Orioles rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez nor former Baltimore prospect Eduardo Rodriguez were around when the home team secured its sixth straight win. Adam Frazier rushed home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th to give the Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, completing a series sweep.
Baltimore’s victory came despite Eduardo Rodriguez, ranked among Baltimore’s top minor leaguers before being traded during the team’s 2014 playoff run, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning. He retired the first 17 Orioles before Ryan Mountcastle smacked a changeup into center field for a single.
