After the Orioles swept the Boston Red Sox in three games to start the 2021 season, Baltimore faithful were riding high. In that three-game series, the offense put up a lively 18 runs, and the lineup looked far stronger than the worst preseason predictions suggested.
Well, as the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times… well, I guess that makes me an Orioles fan.
On Thursday, the Seattle Mariners swept the Orioles in a daytime doubleheader where, in support of starters Matt Harvey and Bruce Zimmermann, who gave up two runs to the Mariners each, the Birds put up a grand total of three runs in fourteen innings.