For simply the second time this season, the Orioles have misplaced three straight video games.
After a 1-hour, 26-minute rain delay, beginning pitcher Dean Kremer was crushed, Baltimore’s bats mustered solely 4 hits and the Orioles misplaced, 8-1, to the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards.
Kremer, who entered Friday tied for the staff lead with eight wins, was bombarded by the Twins, who scored in all 4 innings the right-hander pitched. In three-plus innings, Kremer surrendered seven runs as his ERA ballooned from 4.50 to five.04.
Austin Hays recorded two hits to spice up his batting common to .316, however the remainder of the Orioles’ lineup managed simply two hits towards starter Pablo López and Minnesota’s bullpen. Baltimore’s lone run got here off the bat of Adley Rutschman, whose excessive fly ball within the sixth barely cleared the proper area wall.
The seven-run margin of defeat is tied for Baltimore’s fourth-largest of the season. Three of their 5 worst losses have include the Orioles carrying their City Connect uniforms, the brand new threads they put on Friday nights at residence. They are 1-4 and have been outscored 40-10 within the uniforms.
The noncompetitive sport was one of many Orioles’ most-attended at Camden Yards this season. With the favored floppy hat giveaway and a postgame live performance by DJ Diesel (aka Shaquille O’Neal), an introduced attendance of 34,792 — the membership’s fifth-highest of the 12 months — witnessed the drubbing.
The series-opening loss follows two straight defeats versus the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday and Wednesday. The final time the Orioles misplaced three straight video games was May 6-8 after they dropped two to the Atlanta Braves and one other to the Tampa Bay Rays. They adopted that minor dropping skid by profitable 4 straight and 11 of their subsequent 15.
After their win Monday, the Orioles had been 19 video games over .500 for the primary time since 2014. Now, Baltimore is 48-32 and nearer to fourth place within the American League East (4 1/2 video games up) than of catching first-place Tampa Bay (six video games again).
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Twins at Orioles
Saturday, 4:05 p.m.
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