Outcome: L
Score: 3-4
Streak: L9
Record: 0-9
Rank: 7th
GB: 8.0
Ugh, this one was painful. It was "Three Buck Night" and I was out at the game by myself. It was a dazzling pitching matchup - Mike Boddicker against Bret Saberhagen - and both pitchers actually pitched well. Boddicker actually outpitched Saberhagen - he went all nine with 10 strikeouts and gave up five hits and only one earned run. Unfortunately it was the unearned runs that would do him and the Orioles in.
The Royals went ahead 1-0 in the second inning on a balk by Boddicker that scored Jim Eisenreich from third. They scored two more in the third on a somewhat bizarre combination of two hits, two Oriole errors and another Boddicker balk.
The Orioles battled back for the first time all season though. Saberhagen had been perfect into the fifth inning before Fred Lynn hit his first home run of the season. Then in the sixth the Orioles had an attempt at small ball fail. After Rick Schu singled to start the inning, Jeff Stone attempted to sacrifice him to second but apparently bunted the ball right back to Saberhagen who threw to second to force Schu. With Joe Orsulak at the plate Saberhagen then picked Stone off of first for the second out in the inning. Orsulak then singled, stole second and then scored on Bill Ripken's double. Cal Ripken then hit a ball through Kevin Seitzer's legs at third for a run scoring error. The game was now tied at three all.
Meanwhile Boddicker was dealing. After giving up the third run in the third he retired the next 18 batters in order until Eisenreich singled with two outs in the top of the ninth. The next batter Frank White lifted a fly ball to left field which Stone lost in the lights. The ball got by him and Eisenreich scored all the way from first with the winning run. The O's made it interesting in the bottom of the ninth - Eddie Murray lead off the inning with a single. After Fred Lynn and Tito Landrum stuck out, Carl Nichols walked to move the tying run to second. But pinch hitter Jim Dwyer grounded out to end the threat and the game.
Once again I've saved my clippings from the Washington Post for this game:
Ugh, this one was painful. It was "Three Buck Night" and I was out at the game by myself. It was a dazzling pitching matchup - Mike Boddicker against Bret Saberhagen - and both pitchers actually pitched well. Boddicker actually outpitched Saberhagen - he went all nine with 10 strikeouts and gave up five hits and only one earned run. Unfortunately it was the unearned runs that would do him and the Orioles in.
The Royals went ahead 1-0 in the second inning on a balk by Boddicker that scored Jim Eisenreich from third. They scored two more in the third on a somewhat bizarre combination of two hits, two Oriole errors and another Boddicker balk.
The Orioles battled back for the first time all season though. Saberhagen had been perfect into the fifth inning before Fred Lynn hit his first home run of the season. Then in the sixth the Orioles had an attempt at small ball fail. After Rick Schu singled to start the inning, Jeff Stone attempted to sacrifice him to second but apparently bunted the ball right back to Saberhagen who threw to second to force Schu. With Joe Orsulak at the plate Saberhagen then picked Stone off of first for the second out in the inning. Orsulak then singled, stole second and then scored on Bill Ripken's double. Cal Ripken then hit a ball through Kevin Seitzer's legs at third for a run scoring error. The game was now tied at three all.
Meanwhile Boddicker was dealing. After giving up the third run in the third he retired the next 18 batters in order until Eisenreich singled with two outs in the top of the ninth. The next batter Frank White lifted a fly ball to left field which Stone lost in the lights. The ball got by him and Eisenreich scored all the way from first with the winning run. The O's made it interesting in the bottom of the ninth - Eddie Murray lead off the inning with a single. After Fred Lynn and Tito Landrum stuck out, Carl Nichols walked to move the tying run to second. But pinch hitter Jim Dwyer grounded out to end the threat and the game.
Once again I've saved my clippings from the Washington Post for this game:
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