All baseball streaks must come to an end eventually, except perhaps Jim Palmer’s streak of never giving up a grand slam. Whether a streak is good or bad, it just does not go on forever. Orioles reliever Tanner Scott entered Thursday’s doubleheader without having allowed an earned run in his previous 17 games dating back to last season. He entered game 1 with a 2-2 tie and was not any good, so the streak ended and the Orioles lost, 4-2.
Scott is hardly the only reason that the Orioles lost the game. The offense must surely shoulder its share of the blame after getting just four hits over the game’s seven innings.