Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Sunday May 22 vs the Mariners

Opponent: Seattle Mariners
Outcome: W
Score: 7-2
Streak: W2
Record: 8-34
Rank: 7th
GB: 19.5

The Orioles used a pair of two run home runs off Seattle starter Mike Moore - one by Larry Sheets in the bottom of the fourth and the other by Cal Ripken in the bottom of the fifth - to get out to a 4-0 lead.  The Mariners cut that lead in half in the top of the seventh with a two run home run of their own by Mickey Brantley.  The Birds came back with three more runs in the bottom of the eighth with another one of those bizarre innings that they were usually on the other end of.  Sheets led off the inning with a single off Seattle reliever Jerry Reed and manager Frank Robinson (I'm pretty sure he was back by now) put Ken Gerhart in the game to run for him.  Reed then walked Jim Dwyer to put runners on first and second.  Mickey Tettleton then bunted back to the pitcher and the Mariners somehow failed to get an out anywhere on the play - Tettleton got credited with a sacrifice but the play was scored a fielders choice and the bases were now loaded.  Reed then hit Rene Gonzales with a pitch to force in a run.  After Bill Ripken lined out to second baseman Rick Renteria for the first out of the inning, Seattle manager Dick Williams (a Hall Of Fame manager in the last few weeks of his career) went to his bullpen and brought in Rod Scurry.  Scurry committed a balk on his second pitch to Keith Hughes which brought Dwyer in with the second run of the inning.  Hughes then hit a sacrifice fly to score Tettleton with the third and final run of the inning which ended a batter later when Fred Lynn struck out.  So that's three runs on one hit, one walk and no errors.

This was the first time all season that the Orioles had won two games in a row.  After the game they left for a 10 day, 9 game West Coast road trip.  Would they be able to build on this success?

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