The Red Sox weren’t sure if a sick Brayan Bello would be able to start Tuesday’s game against the Orioles. Manager Alex Cora stated, “He wasn’t feeling great.” “And we thought at one point last night (Monday) that he wasn’t going to throw. However, he felt better in some way. At Camden Yards, Bello’s five extra innings of relief thrown resulted in three runs, five hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts as Boston defeated Baltimore 8-3.
Cora said, “He felt sick all day long. We therefore sent him to the motel, where he struggled to get by. It was encouraging to see someone simply go out there and pitch like that. That baseball club is excellent—really excellent. However, on any given night, his stuff may pull out the finest lineups. He was unrelenting today.
Bello claimed that even before the Red Sox came to Baltimore, he was feeling “a little sick.” However, that was not going to prevent me from giving it my all today,” Bello remarked via interpreter Daveson Pérez. 29 pitches were thrown by Bello in the first inning. After leading Adley Rutschman 0–2 in the count, he gave up two singles, one double, a walk, and a hit by pitch. However, over the course of the next three innings, the 25-year-old righty held the O’s scoreless while giving up only two base runners (a walk and a single). In the second and third innings, he struck out the first two batters and the side.
Bello remarked, “I think my body wasn’t really all that warmed up in that first inning.” However, once we overcame that, I was able to carry out my duties. In the sixth, Bello gave up a single and a hit by pitch to the first two batters who reached, and manager Alex Cora replaced him with reliever Brennan Bernardino. After loading the bases by walking the first batter he faced, Bernardino set to work.
Austin Hays was struck out by Bernardino on a foul tip, which was the first out. For the second out of the game, he got Jorge Mateo to ground into a force-out at home. The southpaw then managed to escape without giving up a run by striking out 2023 AL Rookie of the Year Gunnar Henderson on three pitches. Boston was still ahead 4-3. Bello stated, “I was yelling at him from the dugout the entire time because he was doing such a great job.” “I wanted to give him a hug and a kiss in appreciation for the amazing work he did out there.
