Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that the 2025 Orioles are still bad.
The O’s let a highly winnable game — and series, and road trip — slip away with a frustrating 4-2 loss to the Yankees in the rubber match. After scoring two runs in the first, the Birds’ offense vanished for the rest of the day, while Dean Kremer’s strong effort was ruined by a Bryan Baker collapse in a three-run Yankees eighth.
I’m going to take things out of order and start this recap with the eighth inning, an all-around calamitous frame in which the O’s offense blew a golden opportunity to pad a slim lead and then the O’s bullpen (and defense) immediately gave it up.