There’s no point in sugar coating it. That season-opening series in Boston stunk. The Orioles saw their known flaws exploited and some of their supposed strengths exposed. Even worse, it came against the Red Sox, a loathed division rival that also isn’t expected to be particularly good this season. These are games a playoff-hopeful Orioles squad needs to win.
It’s also only the first weekend, and much of the sickness O’s fans are feeling today emanates from a single play. If Ryan McKenna catches that ninth inning fly ball on Saturday, the rest of what the Orioles did would have remained the same, and much of that was poor.