In my years of watching the Orioles, I’ve not seen a day like this in a while. It’s been ugly. Sad. Pathetic. Disgusting. It was a long Saturday of pretty bad baseball.
As a fan, you have to wonder what has happened with the young pitching? The two starters who are the future of the team and were summoned from the minors – Chris Tillman and Zach Britton – were awful.
We all know about Tillman’s struggles; however, I’m shocked at how bad Britton has been. Well, based on his first two months of the season, one would have thought Britton was going to be a future ace – alas, that thought was premature.
Britton was charged with nine runs – six earned – in only 1/3 of an inning. He gave up seven hits!
Well, Jason Berken – who came into the game in relief of Britton – was not any better. He gave up another three runs and simply made a horrible game into an unwatchable one for fans. That probably had to have been one of the worst innings of baseball I’ve ever witnessed.
So, the Orioles made a few errors behind Britton (Hardy and Britton); alas, it doesn’t matter. The results were nothing short of bad.
The Yankees ended the opening frame up with a 12-0 lead and didn’t look back. It was 15-0 after two innings! Eventually, Baltimore lost 17-3.
After Jeremy Guthrie’s amazing outing on Friday, most of us didn’t know what we would see from the Oriole arms on Saturday. I’m sure we were hoping for the best considering how tough the Bronx Bombers always are. The worst happened…
I shudder to think what would happen to the starting rotation for the rest of the season if Guthrie is traded.
And if you’re awful against the New York Yankees, you are going to get punished.
