Often, on rainy Friday nights, it’s nice to curl up and take a nap. That seemed to have been the Orioles strategy during the hour and 40-minute rain delay Friday, and when it came time to finally face the Mariners the Orioles were still rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. Neither Baltimore’s bats nor pitching ever really woke up against Seattle, as the suffered their worst loss of the season, 13-1.
The signs that this was not the Orioles night presented themselves early, particularly with the struggles of starter Kyle Gibson. The 11-year veteran usually does well in Camden Yards, and in the 1st inning he seemed plenty locked in.