Baltimore Orioles pitcher David Hess walks off the mound after being roughed up by the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Chris O'meara/AP)Baltimore Orioles right-hander David Hess took the slow walk off the Tropicana Field mound as Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” echoed throughout the stadium. Hess’s outing Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays matched up far closer to the song’s title than its status as a one-hit wonder. The Rays pounded Hess in their 8-1 victory, striking for six runs in his two-plus innings. Lowe then redirected a Hess change-up, sending it over the right field fence with an exit velocity of 108.9 mph. Orioles Manager Brandon Hyde made his way to the mound to pull Hess, cuing the song that defined the right-hander’s outing.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 04:52 UTC