They didn’t pitch well. Like, at all. It was just
incredibly bad. The only pitcher not to allow a run was the position player!
They barely hit. When they did hit, they couldn’t bring in the runners. It was a
very Oriole-like performance all around. And the White Sox did what a first
place team is supposed to do to a last place team. Just another ugly night at
Camden Yards. Taking the mound for the Orioles was Jorge López, who was just as
frustrating as we’ve all come to expect. He struggled a bit in the second inning
but came away unscathed. Things got uglier in the third. López only gave up a
single run, but needed 32 pitches to get through it. With one out, Tim Anderson
came up for the second time in the game and singled. One out later, José Abreu
walked, which set up an RBI chance for Brian Goodwin. Goodwin doubled to knock
in Anderson
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McKenna Jersey. López retired Adam Engel on a nifty play by Kelvin Gutiérrez
to end the inning. After a scoreless fourth inning whose worst part was a wild
pitch that looked to me like Pedro Severino’s fault (he is not fun to watch
behind the plate at all)
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Jersey, things really fell apart in the fifth inning. Anderson started the
inning for the White Sox, which means that López was about to see batters for
the third time. Here is a friendly reminder of what happens to López the third
time through the order, from our friend Tyler Young: I mean…
pic.twitter.com/YZNGOlNJV5— Tyler Young July 10, 2021 López faced three batters
in the fifth inning and didn’t retire a single one. He gave up three straight
singles to Anderson, Yoán Moncada, and Abreu. The third single knocked in what
was, at the time, the go ahead run for the White Sox. Things could have gotten a
lot worse, but Brandon Hyde pulled López for Cole Sulser, who got the next three
batters without allowing another run. Well done, Cole! But wait, he screwed it
up. Sulser came back for the sixth inning and walked two batters. That was it
for him, but Dillon Tate was even worse. Tate was awful. The White Sox gave him
an out with a sac bunt and he still couldn’t get anything done. Anderson, who
was quite annoying in this game, hit a two RBI double and then Tate walked the
next three batters. Three! The last one knocked in a run that made it 5-1, and a
sacrifice fly made it 6-1. Finally Tate got the last out and we didn’t have to
look at him anymore. Not that it got any better. Tate was followed by César
Valdez, who gave up three runs on three hits in the seventh inning. There was
something to smile about in that inning, however. Valdez gave up a solo home run
to Gavin Sheets. Sheets is a local guy who just happens to be the son of former
Oriole Larry Sheets. MASN cameras capture the happy father in the stands several
times earlier in the game, and again looking joyful as he celebrated his son’s
third career major league home run. The Orioles were gonna lose this game no
matter what, so it was a nice moment to see. Joining in the parade of terrible
pitchers tonight was newcomer Shaun Anderson. Just claimed off waivers from the
Rangers, Anderson fit right in. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning with two
runners allowed, but couldn’t get out of the ninth inning. With two outs and two
runners on, Anderson served up a three-run homer to Engel that made the score
12-1. The next batter singled, and that was enough for Brandon Hyde. It was time
to see a position player! Pat Valaika, come on down! Or, uh, over. He was
already playing second base. Valaika got the third out of the ninth inning
without incident. I haven’t mentioned the offense yet and that’s really because
there is nothing to mention. The lone Orioles run came in the second inning on a
Ramón Urias home run. Other than that the only offense was several wasted
opportunities. In the first inning, Trey Mancini doubled and Ryan Mountcastle
walked, but they were stranded. In the fourth inning, it looked like Anthony
Santander led off with a homer, but on review it was correctly called a double.
He was also stranded. Gutiérrez and Cedric Mullins started the fifth with
back-to-back singles but Austin Hays grounded into a double play and no runs
scored
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Two more runners were stranded in the sixth inning. They went 0-for-8 with
runners in scoring position. The White Sox starter Dallas Keuchel got into
trouble quite a bit but the Orioles just couldn’t capitalize. Because they are
the Orioles. That’s what they do. Orioles lose, 12-1. Just ugly baseball all
around. They’re back in action tomorrow night with Thomas Eshelman on the mound.
So, you know, that should go well.
The Wall