Camden Chat · Aug 12, 2018
Orioles lose again, because have you met them?
The Orioles and Red Sox faced off in the final game of this four-game series and it went just as you might predict a game with Chris Sale facing the Orioles. Their only run scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and they otherwise were very quiet at the plate in the 4-1 loss.
There are always multiple factors that contribute to a loss, but this time the starting pitching was not one of them. Alex Cobb continued his strong run of games with seven innings of two-run baseball. Only one of the runs was earned, and Cobb lowered his ERA to 5.31. That is still high, of course, but it’s now down 1.44 since July began. It’s a nice trend!