Monday night Orioles game thread: at Red Sox, 7:10 ET

“Limping up to Boston,” indeed. After a disappointing series against Tampa Bay, in which the Orioles scored a total of three runs in three games, it really feels like the offense has hit the skids. Are the Orioles playing hurt? Certainly at least some of them are playing frustrated.

But let’s keep it together. The Orioles are still in the thick of it in a beat-up AL East and remain strong favorites to secure a postseason spot, if not the division title. To accomplish the feat, the O’s need to take care of business against their next division opponent, Boston.

It hasn’t been the season the Red Sox wanted, although at 72-71, they remain in contention, at four games back of the Minnesota Twins,…