Twelve Orioles thoughts following 15-7 win over St. Louis
The Orioles lineup made life miserable for Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals bullpen Saturday.
The Orioles lineup made life miserable for Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals bullpen Saturday.
Right-hander Mike Wright was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right shoulder bursitis on Friday.
Alec Asher gave up the grand slam that blew the game wide open in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Hyun Soo Kim drove in the eventual winning run with a double in the fourth inning.
Removing Ubaldo Jimenez from the starting rotation wasn’t the cure to the Orioles’ woes on Sunday.
Baltimore has now lost 10 of its last 13 games ahead of this weekend’s series in Houston.
“We’ll take each day as it comes and see where we are as a pitching staff after each outing.”
The failure of the six-man bullpen came to a climax in Detroit Tuesday with the kind of meltdown that’s been rare in these parts for a long time.
Baltimore jumped out to an early lead against Chicago’s Jose Quintana and never looked back.
Alec Asher gave up only one run over 6 1/3 innings in his Orioles debut.
As expected, Pedro Alvarez will continue to learn the outfield playing for the Tides.