Kluber allowed 2+ home runs in a game only twice last season. In the fourth inning, Ramon Urías caught a cutter up in the zone and deposited it into the Monster seats for a two-run homer. The pitch stayed near the middle of the plate and Rutschman blasted it to deep right field for a solo shot that put the O's on the board in the first inning. Kluber threw an 87 mph sinker to Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman that didn't sink nearly enough. Much of the damage came as a result of the long ball. The right-hander was shelled for five earned runs while failing to escape the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on a Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park. Corey Kluber took the mound for the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day but his performance didn't live up to the expectations of an ace leading this rotation.
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