Outcome: L
Score: 5-9
Streak: L13
Record: 0-13
Rank: 7th
GB: 10.5
For a very brief time this evening, it looked the Orioles were going to be able to avoid tying the record for longest losing streak to begin a season. The team "exploded" for three runs in the top of the first with back to back doubles by Eddie Murray and Rick Schu bringing in the Ripkens (and Murray). The Brewers however came back with two in the bottom of the first and then took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the second courtesy of Paul Molitor's first home run of the season. Another future Hall Of Famer Cal Ripken hit his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth to bring the Orioles within a run but a three run rally by Milwaukee in the bottom of the fifth (aided by errors by Joe Orsulak and Eddie Murray) but the game out of reach. The teams traded single runs late in the game to bring the final score to 9-5. And with that loss the Orioles had tied the record.
At 5:30 that morning in Baltimore, WIYY (98 Rock) morning DJ Bob Rivers went on the air like he usually did. He announced that he would remain on the air until the Orioles won. He thought it would only be a day or two. He was wrong.
As you might expect, the Orioles losing streak had become a national story at this point. I found a compilation of newscasts about the streak on YouTube. The earliest newscast in the video covers today's game so don't watch it if you don't want spoilers for the next week or so's games. The last segment on the video features Bob Rivers getting interviewed by Harry Smith and Mark McEwen of CBS This Morning. McEwen's younger brother Kirk appears in the clip as he was the evening DJ on 98 Rock at the time. Kirk would later be part of the morning team on 98 Rock as part of first Kirk, Mark and Lopez and later Kirk, Mark and Speigel before leaving the Baltimore market for a few years. He's back on 98 Rock now as the afternoon drive time DJ.
For a very brief time this evening, it looked the Orioles were going to be able to avoid tying the record for longest losing streak to begin a season. The team "exploded" for three runs in the top of the first with back to back doubles by Eddie Murray and Rick Schu bringing in the Ripkens (and Murray). The Brewers however came back with two in the bottom of the first and then took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the second courtesy of Paul Molitor's first home run of the season. Another future Hall Of Famer Cal Ripken hit his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth to bring the Orioles within a run but a three run rally by Milwaukee in the bottom of the fifth (aided by errors by Joe Orsulak and Eddie Murray) but the game out of reach. The teams traded single runs late in the game to bring the final score to 9-5. And with that loss the Orioles had tied the record.
At 5:30 that morning in Baltimore, WIYY (98 Rock) morning DJ Bob Rivers went on the air like he usually did. He announced that he would remain on the air until the Orioles won. He thought it would only be a day or two. He was wrong.
As you might expect, the Orioles losing streak had become a national story at this point. I found a compilation of newscasts about the streak on YouTube. The earliest newscast in the video covers today's game so don't watch it if you don't want spoilers for the next week or so's games. The last segment on the video features Bob Rivers getting interviewed by Harry Smith and Mark McEwen of CBS This Morning. McEwen's younger brother Kirk appears in the clip as he was the evening DJ on 98 Rock at the time. Kirk would later be part of the morning team on 98 Rock as part of first Kirk, Mark and Lopez and later Kirk, Mark and Speigel before leaving the Baltimore market for a few years. He's back on 98 Rock now as the afternoon drive time DJ.
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