In a fine story posted Friday morning, fellow Camden Chat writer Andrea SK pointed out an incongruity in the Orioles’ offensive statistics. Baltimore was hitting, the numbers said. But they weren’t scoring.
Here’s one potential cure to the problem: Get Andrew Cashner on the mound.
A team that has had difficulty getting runs home suddenly forgets its troubles when the bearded right-hander gets on the mound. The Orioles don’t exactly become the 1927 Yankees, but let’s put it this way. They do the best impression they can.
The Orioles have scored 143 runs in 35 games, an average of 4.