The three starting pitchers the Oakland Athletics have sent to the mound to face the Orioles this week haven’t been Cy Young candidates, but the Baltimore bats have had few answers for them nonetheless.
The latest unheralded arm to shut down the Orioles was left-handed retread Ross Detwiler, who tossed eighth scoreless innings Wednesday while making his first start for Oakland after spending the past three weeks in Triple-A.
And with their 1-0 shutout loss to the A’s and the Toronto Blue Jays’ win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night, the Orioles (63-50) fell out of first place in the American League East, a perch they’ve controlled for 109 of 130 days this season.