I am not trying to throw the ball too hard. The Baltimore bullpen is 6-1 and has converted eight of its 10 saves this year. He has that nasty out pitch, the split-finger. An error by third baseman Cal Ripken Jr. in the sixth led to Tampa Bay's lone run as Russ Johnson delivered an RBI double later in the frame. That is past frustrating.
Baseball is a very humbling experience.
You keep going out and playing hard every day and things like this just keep happening. An RBI single by Brady Anderson that scored Hairston in the seventh extended the Orioles' advantage to two runs. Tampa Bay is 1-5 in Rekar's six starts this year. I thought Rekar had his finest outing of the season. We need to get our offense involved.