Friday, June 8, 2018

Wednesday June 8 vs the Tigers

Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 4-12
Streak: L1
Record: 14-44
Rank: 7th
GB: 22.5

This was a tight ballgame until the top of the sixth at least.  The Tigers got two in the top of the first when Pat Sheridan hit a home run with Gary Pettis on base.  The Orioles got one back in the bottom of the second when Jim Traber (of all people) scored from first(!) on a single by Terry Kennedy.  A two run home run by Darrell Evans in the top of the fourth put the Tigers up 4-1 but a Traber solo home run in the bottom of that inning cut the lead to 4-2.  A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth by Fred Lynn got the Orioles within a run.  But then the top of the sixth happened.

It started out looking like it would be a harmless inning.  Orioles starter Jose Bautista struck out Sheridan to open the inning and then got Alan Trammell to ground out for the second out.  But then he hit Evans with a pitch.  A passed ball with Chet Lemon at the plate moved Evans to second but he would have ended up there anyway as Lemon eventually walked.  Orioles manager Frank Robinson decided that was enough for Bautista and brought Dave Schmidt in to pitch.  Matt Nokes greeted Schmidt by hitting an RBI single that scored Evans and Ray Knight (a member of the Orioles in 1987) followed up with a double that scored Lemon and Nokes.  When Schmidt walked Tom Brookens Robinson went back to the bullpen to bring in Don Aase.  Aase gave up an RBI single to Pettis to make the score 8-3.  He then walked Lou Whitaker to load the bases and bring up Sheridan who had led off the inning in what seemed hours earlier.  Sheridan unloaded the bases by hitting the first pitch of the at bat out for a grand slam.  It was Sheridan's second home run of the game and I think the first grand slam the Orioles had given up all season.  The score was now 12-3.  But the inning was still not over.  Trammell singled and Evans walked before Aase finally got the last out of the inning on a fly ball by Lemon.  The Tigers scored eight runs on five hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch, all with two outs in the inning.  They sent 13 men to the plate.

The Orioles scored a fourth run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single from Cal Ripken but it was clearly too little too late.  It was the sixth time this season that the Orioles had given up ten or more runs in a game.  On the plus side it had been almost a month since they had last done it on May 10th against the Rangers.

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