Orioles drop sloppy game to Cubs, 9-2

Tonight was a letdown game for sure. The first-place Orioles returned home to face the last-place Cubs and just did not play well on all sides of the ball. Starting pitching? Bad. Defense? Ugh. Offense? Ick. Every team loses games and any one loss isn’t worth getting worked up over. But it really would have been nice to win this one.

Dean Kremer was back on the mound for his second start since returning from the injured list and it did not go nearly as well as his first. He pitched four innings and gave up runs in all four. Altogether he was responsible for seven of the nine runs the Cubs scored, although just five were earned. Shoddy defense played behind him in the third inning resulted in…