One step forward, one step back. The pattern continues for the 2024 Orioles, as every well-played win is immediately followed by a sloppy, frustrating defeat in which they do almost nothing right.
And so the story unfolded again with the O’s limping to a 6-4 defeat in the middle game against the Dodgers. Corbin Burnes capped a horrendous month of August with another ugly outing, getting no help from a porous Birds defense that committed three crucial errors. Some early O’s offense fizzled out, and Baltimore missed a golden opportunity to pull into a first-place tie with the Yankees.