Kyle Bradish strikes out five in win over Royals

Bradish looked sharp to start this one, retiring the first eight Nationals hitters. He then walked two with two outs in the third before giving up two runs on a double. An error by Coby Mayo would bring in a third run in the inning. Bradish walked two more in the fourth, but left the runners stranded. Another walk to start the fifth would be it for Bradish, ending his day at 85 pitches, only 40 strikes. He struck out two. The inherited runner would come in to score, leaving Bradish with four runs on his ledger instead of three. The 29-year-old right-hander will take a 3.77 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, and a 96/47 K/BB ratio across 93 innings into a start against the Reds in Cincinnati next Sunday.

Maybe it shouldn’t be a total surprise that Bradish places on the short list of the league’s most inconsistent starters in his first full year back from Tommy John, but his strong showing at the end of the year did suggest more was in store. Still, things do seem to be getting better; he has a 2.78 ERA in his last nine starts after coming in at 5.03 in the first seven. Overall, he’s allowed one or no runs six times and four or more runs five times. He’ll take a 5-7 record and a 3.64 ERA into his next start versus the Nationals.

It’s Bradish’s seventh career 10-strikeout game, but it was his first of 2026 and he’d never topped 11 previously. He generated 18 missed swings with his velocity up a little tonight; his sinker was 0.5 mph better than his season average, but his curveball and slider were 1.5 and 1.9 mph harder than usual. Bradish had given up five runs in back-to-back starts, including one at home against the Mariners last week. The consistency obviously hasn’t been there for him this year, but there’s just no giving up on him when he’s still capable of outings like this. He’ll take on the Angels and Nationals next week.

Bradish racked up five strikeouts on the evening while issuing three free passes. He served up a solo homer to Cole Young to start the game, then kept the Mariners at bay until the fourth inning where they erupted for four additional runs — including homers from Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone. Bradish got eight whiffs on 85 pitches in the ballgame, registering a CSW of 28 percent. He’ll carry a 3-7 record, 4.30 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP into a rematch against the Mariners in Seattle on Wednesday.

Bradish had pitched well in five straight starts, including a win over the Blue Jays last Sunday, so one dud doesn’t seem like much of a setback. Besides, he actually allowed just four hard-hit balls today. The three-run homer he allowed to Ernie Clement was one but only barely; it left the bat at 95.3 mph and would have been a homer in 14 of 30 ballparks. Bradish will pitch at home against the Mariners next week.

Bradish struck out four batters on the afternoon while issuing three free passes. The lone tally against him came on a throwing error by Ernie Clement in Bradish’s final inning of work. The right-hander generated 11 swings and misses on 94 pitches on the day — six of those on his slider — while registering a CSW of 28 percent. Now 3-6 on the season, he’ll carry a 3.44 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and a 65/33 K/BB ratio (65 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s rematch against the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Bradish settled for just three strikeouts today, but it was a fourth straight positive outing that pulled his ERA down to 3.86. Alas, he left the duel with Shane McClanahan with the Orioles down 1-0, so he’s still stuck on two wins through 11 starts. He’ll try again for No. 3 this weekend at home against the Blue Jays.

Bradish limited Tampa Bay to just one run over five innings before Yandy Díaz connected for a tiebreaking 439-foot solo shot to open the sixth. It was Díaz who tagged him for the other run on a double into the left-center field gap back in the opening frame. He’ll take the ball at home for a rematch against the Rays on Monday.

Keegan Akin, Dietrich Enns and Yennier Cano finished up. The Yankees’ only hit of the day was a double from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fifth. Bradish struck out seven and walked three while winning for the first time in five weeks and moving to 2-5 with a 4.21 ERA. The Orioles entered the day as the only team without a shutout this season. Bradish is due to make his next start Tuesday in St. Pete against the Rays.

The 29-year-old right-hander allowed just five hits on the evening while issuing on base on balls. All of the damage done against him came in the fifth inning as Zack Gelof smacked an RBI single and Nick Kurtz added a two-run triple. Aside from that, Bradish was brilliant. He got 15 swings and misses on 96 pitches on the night, registering a strong CSW of 35 percent. Now 1-5 on the season, he’ll look to further improve upon his 4.83 ERA and 1.66 WHIP when he takes on the Yankees at home on Wednesday.