After plenty of celebrating on Saturday night, the Orioles were struck with a post-anniversary hangover Sunday. Their bats fell quiet, a great first few of innings of pitching soured quickly, and they couldn’t turn things around in their 8-1 loss to the Pirates.
This game felt like it was setting up to be a repeat of Friday’s 1-0 victory. The offenses were lethargic early, but a third-inning, leadoff home run from Jorge Mateo put the Orioles up 1-0. Going up against Pirates starter Bryse Wilson (who came in sporting a 6.20 ERA), this felt like the beginning of another comfortable win for the O’s, where Baltimore could control the game from beginning to end.