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Mistake in the field, struggles at the plate cost Orioles in Oakland

First, the Orioles didn’t make the play. Then they didn’t get the hit.

Either one might have prevented Baltimore from a 3-2 loss to the Athletics Monday night, a defeat that kicked off a six-game swing through first Oakland and then Seattle.

This wasn’t the sort of mind-numbing loss that gets Orioles fans reaching for things to punch or throw against the wall - like, say, each of the losses in the previous series against the Red Sox. This was a tight game against a respectable team, and one that just happened to not go their way.