Orioles manager Buck Showalter was asked before Thursday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox whether a dynamic defensive performance, like the one that helped the Orioles stifle Boston on Wednesday, can give a struggling offense a lift.
Showalter wasn't so sure. But he could say, from personal experience, that a defensive performance like the one Adam Jones and the Orioles put on can affect an opponent.
“I wouldn’t say 'demoralize' … that’s too strong a word," Showalter said, "but I’ve been on the other side of it. Kind of like Kansas City [in the American League Champions Series] last year.