The lack of pitching depth was evident in the Orioles' 15-10 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Monday night at Camden Yards.
After a valiant offensive comeback that gave the O's a brief 7-6 lead, the bullpen allowed nine runs, eight of them in the eighth inning alone, over the final four frames.
The Birds took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run triple off the bat of Derrek Lee, and starter Brad Bergesen retired the first six batters he faced before running into trouble in the third. Bergesen allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits and no walks over five innings, striking out three.
The Birds needed Bergesen to go deeper into the game...with Kevin Gregg serving the first game of his suspension, Alfredo Simon in the Dominican Republic and Koji Uehara resting, Buck Showalter didn't have many options in the 'pen, and it showed...
Typically, if you score ten runs in a game you should win that game...it just didn't happen for the O's against a red-hot Red Sox team. Jeremy Guthrie gets the nod on Tuesday night.
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