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- Updated: September 10, 2016
DETROIT — Brad Brach was one of the Orioles’ most reliable relievers through the first four months of the season, but has gone into a slide since the beginning of August. That continued Friday night in Detroit when he gave up an eighth-inning home run to Victor Martinez that led to a 4-3 loss, dropping the Orioles back into a tie for the American League’s second Wild Card with the Tigers.
Brach was ahead 0-2 in the count to Martinez before he left a 2-2 fastball at 96 mph over the plate that Martinez sent to the seats in right-center.
“I was trying to go in and I left it [in the] middle [of the plate]. I just can’t make mistakes like that,” Brach said. “I’ve been saying that for a while now, it’s my execution. I’m not executing my pitches when I should, …
