When things are going this badly, there’s nowhere on a bare baseball diamond to hide.
So in a 6-1 loss to the White Sox on a mild midweek night at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, the Orioles’ frustration with themselves, as they fell below .500 (31-32) for the first time all season and lost for the 11th straight time away from home, was laid out for all to see.
Most striking was the final pose of starter Alec Asher, who was left crouched behind the mound in disappointment in the span of four batters in the sixth inning, watching his chance to stem a run of starting pitching that Wade Miley a day earlier called embarrassing for the entire rotation evaporate.