Morton mostly cruises, Albies goes deep as Braves lose to Orioles

On a sunny St. Patrick Day afternoon https://www.abfansstore.com/Freddie_Freeman_Jersey-46, the Braves dropped a Spring Training contest to the Orioles by a 5-2 margin. Due to the unusual 6:05 pm start, batters had to contend with shadows crossing over the infield for much of the early innings, and that potentially gave the Braves Charlie Morton and the Orioles John Means some advantages over opposing hitters, who really didn do much in the early going.Through his first four innings, Morton allowed just three hits and zero walks while striking out four. Things got a little dicier for him in the fifth, as a leadoff single, a tapper in front of the plate, a passed ball, and a walk put runners on the corners with one out and spelled the end of his day. Sean Newcomb came on and promptly allowed a sacrifice fly for Baltimore first run, but then struck out Trey Mancini to end the inning.The Braves had similar struggles with Means, who retired the first ten batters he faced. But then Ozzie Albies strode to the plate a second time https://www.abfansstore.com/Luke_Jackson_Jersey-69, and walloped a laser into left field to open the scoring.