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Orioles Get K's, Rockies Score KO
The Rockies' Ryan Spilborghs watches as his home run off Orioles pitcher Erik Bedard clears the outfield wall during the fourth inning.
(AP)
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Williamson took over for Bedard in the sixth and retired the side in order. He handed the ball over to John Parrish after walking Holliday to lead off the seventh. Parrish gave up a single to Helton before allowing the three-run shot from Spilborghs.
Had you asked him before the game, Perlozzo might have predicted a solid outing from his starting pitcher and insufficient support from his batters. And who would have questioned him? That has been the way things have gone for the Orioles lately.
"We're getting great pitching, and we're wasting it a lot of times because we can't score," Perlozzo said before the game.
Well, his formula was half-correct, just not the half for which he would have hoped. The Orioles managed just five hits Sunday.
"We've been patient, and we've been impatient," Perlozzo said. "It seems like when we're patient, we're hitting it pretty well, and on the nights when we decide to go out and let it fly, we end up getting ourselves in a hole."
Shortstop Miguel Tejada put the Orioles in promising position to lead off the bottom of the second. His single eluded a diving Helton on its way to right field. Designated hitter Aubrey Huff then laced an RBI double down the left field line.
After first baseman Kevin Millar walked, the Orioles had men on first and second with no outs before left fielder Jay Payton grounded into a double play. An infield pop-up by third baseman Chris Gomez ended the inning.
The Orioles did not have a base runner after a two-out single by Paul Bako in the fifth.
Rockies starting pitcher Jason Hirsh, who won for the first time in nine starts, threw a complete game, allowing one run, five hits and one walk. He struck out just one batter.
On the other hand, four Orioles pitchers combined to strike out 14 batters, but the 14 hits they gave up did them in.
Not sexy. Not sexy at all.
