Wednesday May 25 at the Athletics

Opponent: Oakland Athletics
Outcome: L
Score: 1-8
Streak: L2
Record: 9-36
Rank: 7th
GB: 21.5

Mark Williamson started this evening for the Orioles and like Jay Tibbs the night before he didn't have it.  Unlike Tibbs however manager Frank Robinson left him in the game to absorb a pounding by Oakland's offense.  Oakland got on the board in the bottom of the first on a two run home run by Dave Parker.  The A's doubled their lead to 4-0 when Mike Gallego singled to score Dave Henderson and Ron Hassey in the bottom of the second.  The Orioles got their only run off of Bob Welch in the top of the fifth when Rick Schu hit an RBI single to score Terry Kennedy.  Oakland completed their scoring in the bottom of the sixth.  Dave Henderson had a two run home run and Stan Javier had a two RBI single.  The A's might have picked up some more runs but Javier was thrown out trying to extend his single into a double by center fielder Ken Gerhart.

Williamson ended up throwing a complete game loss, giving up eight runs on nine hits (including two home runs and three doubles) and two walks while striking out seven.  The outing caused his ERA to jump over half a run - from 4.44 to 5.06.  It was his fourth consecutive loss and would knock him out of the starting rotation until September.