Last night, the Orioles lost again to the Jays, 9-2, and stretched their current losing streak to four games. Furthermore, the Orioles are now 60-90, an unfathomable 30 games under .500. It looks like the Orioles will certainly avoid 100 losses; however, now I don’t discount it based on the performances I have seen from the bullpen.
Chris Tillman took the loss on Monday night as he lost his fourth game of the season, going five innings and giving up four runs; however, the bullpen — which has been awful the past month — gave up four runs in the eighth inning, thanks to a subpar performance by Bob McCrory (who each and every time I have seen him on the mound, he’s been hit hard).
Felix Pie drove in both runs for Baltimore thanks to a RBI-single in the second, and a sacrifice fly in the ninth; however, it seems like the rest of the bats have simply fell silent.
Toronto got on the board first scoring three runs in the third inning thanks to two-run single by Adam Lind and then a bases-loaded walk. In the sixth inning, both Lyle Overbay and John McDonald each hit solo shots, to put the Jays, 5-1, and they put the game away in the eighth thanks to two-run doubles by Edwin Encarnacion and Travis Snider.
There’s not much else to say, aside from let’s hope the Orioles finish the final 12 games of the season on a high nore; however, I see quite a few changes from top to bottom that need to happen. I’d like to say that Dave Trembley deserves to say, but after what I have seen, I’m not quite sure if that will happen.
