When a team is struggling offensively like Orioles, they can’t afford to give runs away. While the Orioles bats predictively stayed silent, the glove let the Birds down. Both Marlins runs were a product of Orioles players failing to make plays in the field. While they were not technically errors, they were both plays that the average baseball player should make.
The Marlins struck first in the fifth inning. Miguel Rojas led off with a double to left field, and eventually advanced to third on a pass ball. Kevin Gausman made two impressive plays on comebackers to hold Rojas at third, but the quality defense stopped there.