With consecutive series versus 3 of baseball's top 6 teams, every person understood the Orioles' start to second half wasn't mosting likely to be easy. A sweep to begin off that second half would sure be a nice statement of intent from the rising O's. That's specifically what Baltimore plays for today, as they aim to sweep the seeing Miami Marlins and complete their sixth sweep of the season. While the Orioles haven't proceeded the offensive outbursts that saw them score 14 runs in the Bronx and 15 runs in Minnesota, the first two video games of the collection have actually followed an acquainted formula. The Orioles fall back early, claw their back with timely striking and a few home runs, and then transform things over to finest 8th-9th inning combo in baseball. Thankfully for the O's, they might not have to worry about falling back as they send their hottest starter to the pile in Kyle Bradish. The second-year right-hander has actually controlled challengers over his last 9 starts-- publishing a 2.51 ERA,.216 BAA and starting out 47 in 46.2 innings. Bradish is coming off only his second scoreless begin of the period, as he limited the Yankees to three-hits over 6 shutout innings in the game where the O's exploded for 14 runs. The Marlins might present a bigger obstacle for Bradish, as leading hitters Luis Arraez, Jorge Soler and Bryan De La Cruz all deal with damaging rounds well-- and Bradish's best pitches are his slider and curveball. An issue for the Orioles in Bradish starts this season are supplying their starter with sufficient run assistance. In 7 of his 15 beginnings before his outing in New york city Marlins Shorts, the Orioles had yet to score when the Bradish left the game. The Marlins will aim to additionally that pattern with left-hander Steven Okert obtaining the start today. Okert will function as an opener as the Marlins look to have a bullpen day to liquidate the collection. This ought to be excellent information for the O's infraction as the Marlins bullpen rates only 19th in MLB with a 4.15 AGE. The problem for the O's schedule is that Cedric Mullins will not be manning CF today after leaving Saturday's video game with ideal quad tightness. Mullins is hitting.409 with a human resources and 6 RBIs during the Orioles' present win touch.