It’s been a tough week, but if the Orioles are feeling the loss of clubhouse leaders Trey Mancini and Jorge López, they aren’t showing it on the field. After convincing 7-2 and 8-2 victories in the first two games of the series, Baltimore has the chance to sweep and preserve a 1.000 win percentage in the month of August.
The main thing standing in their way is Texas ace Martín Pérez, who ended up being one of the most surprising non-moves of the trade deadline. The left-handed former Red Sock is in the middle of a career year with a 9-2 record, a 2.