In recent years, the Orioles’ fundamental focus on playing strong defense helped them overcome some other weaknesses, like not having power arms or a consistent batting order. But as the Orioles have bottomed out this season, owning baseball’s worst record, the team’s biggest decline might be on defense.
The Orioles committed three errors in their 8-5 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday, and not only did all three of those errors come in the same inning but came on a string of three consecutive plays in the sixth that allowed the visitors to score two costly runs.