When Magic Turns Tragic
I wrote the other day about how excited I was to see Orioles Magic down at Camden Yards even for one night. Saturday night was Magic in reverse. Orioles had a 2-0 lead heading to the ninth inning. Brian Matusz had another exceptional start and Ty Wigginton was responsible for the scoring with two solo hrs. Dave Trembley goes to new closer Alfredo Simon to finish things off in the ninth. So far, Simon had been good, going 5 for 5 in save situations. Saturday the floodgates opened. Simon only got one out and gave up four runs. Cla Meredith followed Simon and gave up four more runs before getting out of the inning. Final score: Indians 8, Orioles 2. Then yesterday the bats get shut down by Jake Westbrook and the O's turn a series win into a series loss just like that. I know its going to be a long season, but even during a long season games like Saturday sting a little