Baltimore Orioles bled to death by one thousand cuts

LOakland did everything but hit the Baltimore Orioles hard, but yet they defeated the Birds in game one of a doubleheader.

The Baltimore Orioles are a group of fastball hitters who do fairly well against fastball and power pitchers. However they tend to struggle when they face soft-tossers who throw primarily off-speed pitches. Chalk it up as one of those things that kind of makes sense…but kind of doesn’t.

Mike Wright probably pitched better than he thinks he did, if his angry reaction to being pulled is any indication. Wright’s line: 5 IP, 10 H, 5 R (4 earned) 2 BB, 3 K. The issue of course was that he was pitching against former Oriole Rich Hill, who’s exactly what I described above.…