The Orioles typically play their fair share of games in cold weather in the season’s first month, but this season many of their first 16 games have been played in especially frigid temperatures.
It’s easy to blame to team’s early-season offensive struggles on the weather, especially after a game like Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, in which the Orioles were held to three hits while playing through 34-degree temperatures, 23-mph winds and constant precipitation.
In opening the season with a 5-11 record, the Orioles are averaging just 3.