The bats were bound to cool off eventually, but the timing couldn't have been worse for the O's. After scoring 30 runs over the past four games (three for wins) the Birds managed just two hits in a 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards.
Jake Arrieta turned in one of his best performances of the season, allowing three runs on nine hits over seven innings, walking none while fanning four. Arrieta (9-7) typically enjoys the best run support of all the O's starters, but the Birds couldn't get anything going against Sox starter Andrew Miller, who took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Miller actually walked six batters over 5 2/3 innings, and walked three straight to load the bases in the second inning before inducing a double play to end the Oriole's only real threat of the game.
With no offense to speak of, I had to take solace in the O's pitching...Arrieta was the best I've seen him in over a month, and although Mark Hendrickson struggled in relief, I was impressed with the performance of Mark Worrell. Hendrickson started the eighth inning and gave up a single, a ground-rule double and back-to-back walks to push home Boston's fourth run. Worrell took the mound and struck out the next two batters he faced before inducing an inning-ending fly ball to center field.
The Birds have Thursday off before wrapping up the 10-game homestand with a three-game set against the Los Angeles Angels beginning on Friday night. Alfredo Simon takes the mound for the O's...
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