The Orioles lost tonight’s game, which in some ways makes it similar to pretty much every other game they’ve played lately. But unlike the past six games, they didn’t give up at least nine runs. Does that really matter? Not really. But at least we can stop thinking about how pathetic it is to give up that many runs every night.
Another bonus of this game is that the relief pitchers didn’t look like a collective dumpster fire. Dusten Knight gave up two runs but also struck out three and retired five in a row. César Valdez pitched a scoreless inning, as did Dillon Tate.