The Orioles finally broke free of the offensive frustration that has defined this West Coast road trip, but it happened a little too late for them to avoid their 10th straight defeat.
They nearly staged their biggest comeback of the season, but the struggling bullpen dug the hole a run too deep and the Seattle Mariners held on to score a 10-9 victory on Friday night at T-Mobile Field.
The game got off to a promising start when the Orioles scored three times in the first inning. But on a night when manager Brandon Hyde had no starting pitcher available, the bullpen was not able to fill the void even for a few innings
Long man Sean Gilmartin got the start and gave up five runs over 2 1/3 innings and the latest pitchers to join the O’s on the West Coast this week quickly proved that sleep deprivation is not a cure for what ails the O’s bullpen.