Thursday, September 27, 2018

Tuesday September 27 vs the Yankees

Opponent: New York Yankees
Outcome: L
Score: 1-5
Streak: L4
Record: 53-103
Rank: 7th
GB: 34.5

Curt Schilling made the third major league start of his young career and was saddled with the second loss of his career.  Don Mattingly did a number on him in this game, hitting a two run home run in the first inning and a solo shot in the third to put New York up 3-0. 

But it was the fourth inning that really did Schilling in tonight.  With one out Wayne Tolleson singled and two batters later Randy Velarde walked.  With Rickey Henderson at bat the Yankees pulled a successful double steal, moving both runners into scoring position.  They both then scored when Henderson doubled, making it 5-0 Yankees.  Schilling got Claudell Washington to fly out to end the inning and his day.  Doug Sisk came in to pitch the next four innings and Gregg Olson pitched the ninth and neither of them gave up any more runs.

Not that it mattered though - the Orioles only managed to score one run this evening and that was almost by accident.  Mickey Tettleton singled to start the seventh inning and Ken Gerhart was hit by a pitch from Yankees starter Ron Guidry.  Carl Nichols popped out to Mattingly in foul territory down the right field line, deep enough for Tettleton to alertly advance to third.  This put him in position to score when Guidry's first pitch to the next batter Craig Worthington went wild.  Guidry struck out Worthington and got Rene Gonzales to ground out to end the inning without any further damage.

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