Heading into Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jays, there was an easy formula for the Orioles to follow for success. Jays starter José Berríos, while successful this season, entered with an .805 OPS against left-handed batters. The O’s stacked the lineup with seven batters who were able to bat left-handed. It did not help them any. Berríos carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and a shutout into the eighth. The Orioles did manage to get the go-ahead run to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning but lost, 3-1.
If you want to take some silver lining out of the loss, it’s that Kyle Bradish dodged what had been kind of an AL East curse in his career to date.