Wednesday August 10 at the Royals

Opponent: Kansas City Royals
Outcome: L
Score: 3-4
Streak: L3
Record: 37-75
Rank: 7th
GB: 30.5

It was not as heartbreaking as the previous night's game but it was still a game that the Birds could have won.  The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI double by Jamie Quirk.  The Birds tied it in the fifth on a run scoring single from Rene Gonzales.  The two teams posted single runs in each of the next four half innings - the Royals scored in the bottom of the fifth on when Kurt Stillwell tripled and scored on Kevin Seitzer's ground out; the Birds retied it in the top of the sixth on Cal Ripken's twentieth home run of the season; the Royals scored again in the bottom of the inning on a Bo Jackson RBI single and the O's tied it up again in the top of the seventh on a run scoring Bill Ripken single.

Jose Bautista had started the game for Baltimore and was still pitching into the eighth inning.  Pat Tabler drew a walk to start the frame.  Danny Tartabull followed with a ground ball to second baseman Bill Ripken which could have potentially been a double play but Ripken made an error on the ball and both runners were safe.  Brad Wellman came in to pinch run for Tabler.  Frank White attempted to sacrifice the two runners up a base but Wellman was thrown out at third for the first out of the inning.  Bo Jackson followed with a single that scored Tartabull from second with the go-ahead run.  White was thrown out at third trying to advance on the single however so there was now two men out.  The Birds went to their bullpen at this point and brought Mark Thurmond in to pitch to Quirk who singled to move Jackson to third.  Doug Sisk then replaced Thurmond on the mound to pitch to Nick Capra.  Quirk was thrown out attempting to steal second to end the inning.  It could have been worse for the Orioles but the Royals ran into two outs on the base paths in the inning.

Be that as it may - it was bad enough.  The O's got a one out double from Larry Sheets in the ninth but the tying run remained stranded at second for the remainder of the inning and the game.