Friday May 20 vs the Mariners

Opponent: Seattle Mariners
Outcome: L
Score: 2-3
Streak: L3
Record: 6-34
Rank: 7th
GB: 19.5

The Angels left town and were replaced by the Seattle Mariners who at this point in the season were doing almost as poorly.  With a record of 17-23 the M's were one game up on the Angels.  Of course they were still more than 10 games better than Baltimore.

The good news this night for the Orioles is that the bullpen didn't blow up.  They actually never got into the game.  Mark Williamson pitched a complete game.  The bad news is that he gave up a 2-0 lead late in the game to take the loss.

The Orioles built that 2-0 lead with a Ken Gerhart solo home run in the bottom of the second and back-to-back doubles by Bill Ripken and Fred Lynn in the bottom of the third.  The Mariners tied the game up in the top of the seventh when Ken Phelps homered with Alvin Davis on base.  They went ahead in the top of the eighth when Harold Reynold reached on an error by second baseman Bill Ripken to lead off the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Henry Cotto and third on a ground out by Scott Bradley before scoring on a single by Davis.  So the winning run scored on an unearned run and the Orioles lost 3-2.

I had started the day driving up to Delaware (about two hours round trip) and back to borrow my parents' station wagon.  I spent the rest of the day driving back and forth on Route 29 between Silver Spring and Ellicott City moving stuff into my new place.