Marlins at Orioles
The major league-worst Baltimore Orioles have lost nine in a row and are in danger of suffering their second straight three-game sweep at home when they host the Miami Marlins on Sunday in the finale of an interleague series. The disappointing Orioles are last in the majors in runs scored and became the first team to reach 50 losses with Saturday's 5-4 setback.
Baltimore did not score more than four runs in any of its last nine games and did not have enough offense to recover on Saturday after the Marlins built a 4-0 lead in the third inning. The Orioles benched struggling first baseman Chris Davis indefinitely before the start of the series, but he is not their only hole in the lineup with Trey Mancini (.223 batting average), Jonathan Schoop (.209), Joey Rickard (.184) and Mark Trumbo (.248) all having a tough time finding consistency at the plate. The Marlins are sitting in last place in the National League East but are looking toward the future and continue to watch the price in trade go up for catcher J.T. Realmuto, who homered twice and drove in four runs on Saturday. Baltimore will try to slow Realmuto and avoid the sweep behind ace Dylan Bundy while Miami counters with righty Trevor Richards.
TV: 1:05 p.m. FS Florida (Miami), MASN2 (Baltimore)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Marlins RH Trevor Richards (1-3, 4.41 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Dylan Bundy (4-7, 3.66)
Richards earned his first major league win on Tuesday against San Francisco, when he allowed one run on two hits and three walks in six innings. The 25-year-old is in his second stint in the majors this season and lost his first start after being recalled while surrendering three runs over five frames at St. Louis on June 7. Richards made his debut in interleague play against Boston on April 2 and earned a loss while allowing five runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 frames.
Bundy did not give up a run in either of his last two outings but was held out of the decision against Boston on Monday, when he scattered three hits across eight scoreless frames. The Oklahoma native surrendered a total of six hits in 15 innings over his last two turns. Bundy is seeing the Marlins for the first time in his career and is 4-2 with a 2.39 ERA in seven career interleague games - six starts.
WALK-OFFS
1. Orioles LHP Richard Bleier will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn left lat on Tuesday.
2. Miami INF Miguel Rojas (left hand) sat out Saturday and is day-to-day.
3. Baltimore CF Adam Jones is 8-for-19 over the last four games.