Boston Red Sox (72-80) vs Baltimore Orioles (79-73)
Monday, September 26, 2022 at 7:10 pm
The Baltimore Orioles picked the wrong time to squander a couple of chances to win key games.
That leads to a more heightened sense of urgency moving forward for a team that's four games out of the third and final wild card in the American League.
The next assignment comes against the host Boston Red Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.
The Orioles (79-73) had won three in a row until a pair of tough results to conclude a four-game home series with the Houston Astros. Baltimore failed to protect a lead in an 11-10 setback Saturday and then fell 6-3 in 11 innings Sunday.
Manager Brandon Hyde said those were disappointing outcomes because the Orioles "should have won" those games.
Yet while the Orioles split the series with the AL-leading Astros, there was a degree of pride coming from the way they performed.