Danielle Allentuck covers the Orioles for The Baltimore Banner. She previously reported on the Rockies for the Denver Gazette for two seasons and general assignments for The New York Times as part of its fellowship program, where she wrote about everything from a sidearm pitching community to Simone Biles’ recording-breaking skills. She had internships at USA Today, The Buffalo News and NBC Olympics and traveled to Siberia in 2019 to cover the World University Games. She’s won awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and the International Press Association (AIPS) and is an active member of the Association for Women in Sports Media. A Maryland native, Danielle grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Ithaca College.
Bradish was on a pitch limit, as is typical for pitchers working their way back from Tommy John, but was so efficient he made it through six innings on 81 pitches.
“He’s been miserable not being able to help us this year, been very miserable kind of watching this thing, and how it’s gone and he finally gets a chance to help,” interim manager Tony Mansolino said.
“You have a gut feeling in your heart when you sign somebody,” Orioles scout Gerardo Cabrera said. “We felt that he was going to be impressive. You had that feeling that he’s different.”
One of the best closers in the game two years ago, Bautista is staring at a recovery time of 12 months or more, and that’s only if everything goes as planned.
Everything seemed to be going well for Bautista as he pitched to a 2.60 ERA in 34 2/3 innings with 19 saves. Then he felt shoulder pain following the All-Star break.
“It just didn’t work out, that’s kind of the nature of the game in that sense," Mullins said of the 2025 Orioles. "Very talented group and I see it happen amongst other sports, really good group of guys can’t quite put it together when they need to.”
And even a two-hour, 18-minute delay forcing them to go to their bullpen for the last 3 2/3 innings didn’t ruin it as the Orioles beat the Mariners 5-3 Thursday to win the series at Camden Yards.
Mountcastle’s home run, plus Adley Rutschman’s two-run shot and Tomoyuki Sugano’s stellar seven-inning start, led the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Athletics.