Welcome to the new era of Orioles baseball, friends. It’s gonna be rough.
In their first game since their trade-deadline frenzy that sent several key hitters to contending clubs, the Orioles failed to generate any offense in a blink-and-you-missed-it 1-0 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Birds’ hitting futility ruined a masterpiece by Trevor Rogers, who worked his first career complete game but took a hard-luck defeat thanks to a lone second-inning run.
I will say this: if the Orioles are going to lose a lot of games the rest of this season, let’s hope they always lose this quickly.