A member of the grounds crew finishes adding rain absorbant material in the batters box before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics at Oriole Park at Camden Yards Sat., April 24, 2021. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff) (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun)
Somewhere in the last week, the Orioles went from sending rookie starter Dean Kremer to the minors because they didn’t need a fifth to pushing back everyone in the rotation and giving Wade LeBlanc a spot start Saturday.
A bullpen game was a solution to a problem that didn’t exist, and the result was a 7-2 loss to the streaking Oakland Athletics before 7,616.