Baltimore Orioles Lose Another Game, Series
The Baltimore Orioles are 12-26: a .316 winning percentage.
With the Houston Astros now at 13 wins, the O's are leading the majors in something: losses.
And even though the season is not even close to being halfway through, the Orioles are already 14.5 games back in the American League East.
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In their latest series and game against the Cleveland Indians, they lost.
In the series finale, Mark Hendrickson did his job, allowing three runs in five+ innings. But the O's offense were looking like they were playing baseball for the first time.
On the other side, Indians' starting pitcher Jake Westbrook looked dominant pitching a one-run complete game.
Here's the box score for the game.
| Cabrera, A, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .289 |
| Sizemore, CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
| a-Crowe, PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Choo, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .301 |
| Kearns, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .330 |
| Branyan, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Peralta, J, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| Grudzielanek, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| LaPorta, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Marson, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .215 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .251 |
2B: Kearns (10, Castillo, A), Peralta, J (8, Meredith).
HR: LaPorta (1, 5th inning off Hendrickson, 1 on, 0 out), Branyan (4, 9th inning off Castillo, A, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Cabrera, A; Sizemore; Crowe; Choo; Kearns 2; Branyan 4; Peralta, J 2; Grudzielanek 2; LaPorta 4; Marson 2.
RBI: Sizemore (13), LaPorta 2 (4), Branyan 2 (9).
2-out RBI: Sizemore.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kearns; Peralta, J; Marson.
GIDP: Cabrera, A; Choo.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Choo (Wigginton at 2nd base).
DP: 2 (Cabrera, A-Grudzielanek-Branyan, Grudzielanek-Cabrera, A-Branyan).
| Patterson, C, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .300 |
| Jones, A, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .245 |
| Markakis, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .294 |
| Tejada, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Wigginton, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .320 |
| Scott, DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| Atkins, G, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Tatum, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 |
| Lugo, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .208 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .250 |
HR: Scott (7, 9th inning off Westbrook, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Jones, A; Tejada; Wigginton 2; Scott 6; Tatum 2.
RBI: Scott (17).
2-out RBI: Scott.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wigginton; Patterson, C 2.
GIDP: Atkins, G; Jones, A.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 6.
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Jones, A (Peralta, J at home).
DP: 2 (Tejada-Wigginton-Atkins, G, Lugo-Wigginton-Atkins, G).
| Westbrook(W, 2-2) | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.27 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.13 |
| Hendrickson(L, 1-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.59 |
| Albers | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 |
| Castillo, A | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 |
| Meredith | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.50 |
Not the numbers any team wants if you are on the losing side.
The Orioles need to get something going quickly, as they are not only losing games, they are also losing their fan base. And if this continues, this leads to financial trouble which will hurt them not only currently but in the future.
They might have to do what the Indians did, which is to trade their stars. Every year, it's the same thing over and over again; people saying that it is the Orioles year to win it.
Note: The above box score is from the Cleveland Indians website. Everything is theirs, and I do not own anything from it at all. (http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20100516&content_id=10089264&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away&gid=2010_05_16_clemlb_balmlb_1)
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