Sunday, July 10, 2011

After All The Talk, O's Go Quietly

It's just getting ridiculous now. Frustrating. Painful. Fill in the blank with whatever you'd like...

A day after a bench-clearing brawl seemed to energize the slumping Orioles, their bats went silent in a 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night at Fenway Park.

Spot-starter Alfredo Simon kept the Sox off the board for four innings but allowed three runs in the fifth, which was three more runs than Boston would need on a night that the O's managed just four hits, all singles.

John Lackey hit Nick Markakis with a pitch in the sixth inning before plunking Derrek Lee in the seventh...Lackey was warned but not ejected. There was no retaliation by the Orioles...they sat there and took the abuse.

The first-place Sox look to sweep the last-place Orioles on Sunday afternoon. The Birds have dropped six straight and can only hope for a 2-8 road trip with a win today...

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