Anthony Santander left the game after being hit in the knee with a pitch from former O’s prospect Garrett Cleavinger. The O’s didn’t escape without a health scare. On the hitting side, Ramón Urías contributed an RBI single and non-roster first baseman Lewin Díaz doubled, his third extra-base hit in two games. Righty Noah Denoyer, added to the 40-man roster this past winter, threw two shutout frames. Rule 5 right-hander Andrew Politi, whose chances of cracking the roster may have increased after the Dillon Tate injury, tossed a scoreless inning. (The other five runs were allowed by organizational player Easton Lucas, the return from the Jonathan Villar trade in 2019.) And lefty Darwinzon Hernandez, acquired from the Red Sox in December, was a mess, issuing three walks and giving up two hits en route to a four-spot in the fourth. Joey Krehbiel, one of a crowded field of candidates for the bullpen, coughed up three runs in an inning of work, including dingers by Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena. Baltimore’s own Bruce Zimmermann, who’s on the outside looking in for a rotation spot, gave up a pair of runs on a Wander Franco first-inning homer. It was a rough afternoon for a few pitchers battling to make the Orioles roster. We’ll just have to settle for an undefeated regular season. The O’s took a lopsided 14-2 loss at the hands of the Rays in Sarasota yesterday, dropping them to 2-1 in Grapefruit League play. The dreams of an undefeated Orioles season are shattered.

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