Orioles’ Dean Kremer to make playoff debut with family in Israel on mind

• Kramer to start Game 3 with Baltimore's season on line
• Extended family of California-born pitcher lives in Israel

Israeli-American pitcher Dean Kremer will make his first career playoff start for the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night while thinking about family members in Israel, where war has been declared following a deadly incursion by militant group Hamas.

Kremer said he has no hesitation about pitching Game 3 of the AL Division Series against the Texas Rangers, a game the Orioles have to win to extend their season.