Baseball is kind of dumb sometimes.
Any good feelings you may have had about the Orioles coming out of the series against the Yankees are now well and truly gone. A return to Baltimore has coincided with a suddenly fantastic starting staff and a frustratingly impotent offense.
Andrew Cashner delivered his second consecutive impressive start (7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 6 SO) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the O’s lineup was busy being no-hit by Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez into the eighth inning. The bats were able to rally in that frame to draw things level at a run apiece but the middle of the order was unable to bring in the go-ahead run from third base with no outs.