April 20 at the Brewers

Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers
Outcome: L
Score: 6-8
Streak: L14
Record: 0-14
Rank: 7th
GB: 11.5

Another game that had promise and that tantalized a vision of the team winning.  The Brewers struck first with a three run home run by Glenn Braggs putting them up in the bottom of the second.  But the Orioles immediately came back and tied it up in the top of the third with five singles from Jeff Stone, Bill Ripken, Eddie Murray, Fred Lynn and Larry Sheets bringing in three runs.  They took the lead in the top of the fourth on a Bill Ripken sacrifice fly and increased the lead in the top of the fifth on a solo home run by Sheets.  But in the bottom of the fifth the Brew Crew came up with four runs on a solo home run by Robin Yount and singles by Greg Brock and Rob Deer, a walk to Ernie Riles, and two more singles by Jim Gantner and Dale Sveum.  An RBI single by Brock in the bottom of the sixth capped the scoring for the Brewers.  The Orioles got their sixth and final run in the top of the eighth when Dan Plesac committed a balk while pitching to Bill Ripken with Terry Kennedy on third.

With this loss, the Orioles broke the record for most losses at the beginning of the season that had been held by the 1904 Senators and the 1920 Tigers.  The new question was how much further would they take the record?