The Baltimore Orioles suffered their fourth straight loss on Tuesday, falling to the Washington Nationals in a 3-2 nail-biter. With it, the Birds slipped to 17-38 on the season, a full 21 games behind the Red Sox in the American League East.
The game’s climactic moment occurred in the fifth inning, when Adam Jones clocked a double into the left field gap to score Chance Sisco from second and bring the Orioles within one. Third base coach Bobby Dickerson then waved Jace Peterson home, but Peterson was easily thrown out, ending the potential rally. The result was made even worse by the fact that Manny Machado, he of the .