Sunday July 31 vs the Royals

Opponent: Kansas City Royals
Outcome: L
Score: 1-4
Streak: L3
Record: 32-71
Rank: 7th
GB: 29.5

After a game when the Orioles kept getting men on base but could not bring them in, today the Orioles went back to not getting anyone on.  Charlie Leibrandt threw a complete game for the Royals, giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out 11.  He almost had a shutout but Cal Ripken had a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth (the fourth consecutive game that he had homered).  Meanwhile the Royals scored three in the fourth on a three run home run from Bo Jackson and picked up another run in the seventh on a Kurt Stillwell RBI double.

The Orioles record for July ended up being 10-16 which was roughly what it was in May (10-17) and June (11-16).  They were outscored by their opponents 127 to 94.  Their record for the month doesn't indicate the kind of schizophrenic month they had though.  Their record for the pre-All Star break portion of the month (July 1-10) was 6-4 while their post-break record (July 14-31) was 4-12.