Craig Gentry is in a position in which his mistakes get magnified more than his successes do. And while, of late, the veteran outfielder has become a late-inning substitution off the bench, his role has actually become more important as the Orioles have suddenly embraced the notion of being a small-ball team willing to do the little things to win close games.
Some might still be stinging from Gentry’s base-running gaffe May 30, when his aggressiveness on the bases ran the Orioles out of a potential rally in the ninth inning in a two-run loss to the Washington Nationals.