O's streak now at 13 games

[Three Run Homer]

Here's a remarkable fact about the O's recent slide:  the Orioles have now played 13 straight games in which they've trailed by at least 3 runs at some point of the game.  The streak started on Saturday, June 3 (5-2 loss to the Red Sox) and includes the 3 games the Orioles have won during the slide, all of which required a heroic comeback.  

Perhaps it's even more notable that the O's have now played 10 straight games in which they've trailed by at least 4 runs at some point of the game, including two heroic comeback wins. 

No wonder this stretch is conjuring up bad memories of 4-32 and 0-21.  The O's are falling way behind every damn game.  

I have no idea whether or not this is a historic run of futility--probably we'd need Elias or someone at Project Retrosheet to spend some time on it.  

[cheecks]

I just look at the number of runs this team has allowed:

11, 5, 6, 6, 10, 14, 16, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7

yeesh.

[spiritof66]

It's been pretty rough lately for this team on the road. But look how they turned it around when the got back to the Yard last night. The offense racked up 5 hits, 3 walks and just 11 K's. The starter made some great pitches and went a full 5 2/3, letting up just 5 runs. A night of rest for the key guys in the bullpen. 

Just needed a little of that home cooking.

--The Bordick Report

[Spy Fox]

I think we're also at seven straight games where the starter has given up at least five runs. 

[AdamK]

17 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

It's been pretty rough lately for this team on the road. But look how they turned it around when the got back to the Yard last night. The offense racked up 5 hits, 3 walks and just 11 K's. The starter made some great pitches and went a full 5 2/3, letting up just 5 runs. A night of rest for the key guys in the bullpen. 

Just needed a little of that home cooking.

--The Bordick Report

Is this a report I can get an RSS for?

[MDK02]

1 hour ago, cheecks said:

I just look at the number of runs this team has allowed:

11, 5, 6, 6, 10, 14, 16, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7

yeesh.

That is so unbelievably bad. This team is done.

[sportsfan8703]

3 hours ago, cheecks said:

I just look at the number of runs this team has allowed:

11, 5, 6, 6, 10, 14, 16, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7

yeesh.

Ewww

[billw76]

3 hours ago, cheecks said:

I just look at the number of runs this team has allowed:

11, 5, 6, 6, 10, 14, 16, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7

yeesh.

Man that looks horrible. Hard to win many games when the opponent is averaging 8.3 runs a game over that stretch.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, birdwatcher55 said:

I would say without doubt that '88 team was horrific. Worst pitching I've ever seen.

1988 Starters ERA/Slash  4.84  .276/.334/.433/.767
2017 Starters ERA/Slash  5.47  .290/.362/.475/.837

1988 Reliever ERA  3.98 .271/.351/.393/.744
2017 Reliever ERA  4.22 .269/.343/.442/.785

The numbers would say otherwise. This is historically bad pitching for the Orioles. 

[Frobby]

32 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

1988 Starters ERA/Slash  4.84  .276/.334/.433/.767
2017 Starters ERA/Slash  5.47  .290/.362/.475/.837

1988 Reliever ERA  3.98 .271/.351/.393/.744
2017 Reliever ERA  4.22 .269/.343/.442/.785

The numbers would say otherwise. This is historically bad pitching for the Orioles. 

The numbers saw we've had far worse pitching than this.    

2000 - 5.37 ERA

2006 - 5.35 ERA

2007 - 5.17 ERA

2009 - 5.15 ERA

1996 - 5.14 ERA

2008 - 5.13 ERA

1987 - 5.01 ERA

All worse than the current 4.95 ERA.    And some of those teams had stretches even more brutal than the stretch this team has been in lately.

So yes, I have no trouble remembering times when the Orioles' pitching was worse than this.   You don't even need to go back a decade to find a lot of it.    

[Going Underground]

13 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The numbers saw we've had far worse pitching than this.    

2000 - 5.37 ERA

2006 - 5.35 ERA

2007 - 5.17 ERA

2009 - 5.15 ERA

1996 - 5.14 ERA

2008 - 5.13 ERA

1987 - 5.01 ERA

All worse than the current 4.95 ERA.    And some of those teams had stretches even more brutal than the stretch this team has been in lately.

So yes, I have no trouble remembering times when the Orioles' pitching was worse than this.   You don't even need to go back a decade to find a lot of it.    

Where ERA's higher then because of rhe steroid era?

[O's84]

It's gotten so bad I have a habitual instinct of covering me eyes after each pitch.  Ok, not quite that bad but it's pretty damn bad man.

[Three Run Homer]

I went to Baseball-Reference and checked the box scores of the 1988 O's during their 0-21 start and the 2002 O's during their 4-32 finish.  The O's did not have a stretch of 13 straight games trailing by 3 or more runs during either of those episodes.  The longest such streak I could find was 8 straight games during the 0-21 episode. 

[Frobby]

12 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Where ERA's higher then because of rhe steroid era?

Yes for the 1996 team.    Not so much the others.    Ranking the teams I listed by ERA+ (worst at the top):

2006 - 85

2008 - 87

2000 - 88

1987 - 88

2017 - 88

2009 - 89

2007 - 89

1996 - 96

[sportsfan8703]

The state of the rotation and the lack of options in the minors is the biggest indictment on why DD should be fired.