BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1-2) at
CINCINNATI REDS (0-3)
Stadium - Crosley Field
Cincinnati 3 Baltimore 1
WP:
Mel Queen (1-0) LP:
Mike Cuellar (0-1)
SV:
Rob Dibble (1)
This one looked promising for the
O's as a Jim Gentile solo shot (his first of the year) had
Baltimore ahead 1-0 going into the 8th inning. Then after a single by George Foster scored Eric Davis, a double by Johnny Bench made it 2-1
Reds, Paul O'Neil finished off the scoring with a sac fly to make it 3-1 which ended up being the final score. Rob Dibble came in for the save and struck out the side in the ninth.
Baltimore 7 Cincinnati 3
WP: Mike Boddicker (1-0) LP: Jim Maloney (0-1)
Baltimore exploded for 5 runs in the first and after losing the game yesterday in the 8th inning it seems like there's no such thing as too many runs. Cal Ripken hit his first homer of the year and Rick Dempsey, in his first AB of the season, hit his first homer as well as
Baltimore jumped out early in this one. Paul O'Neil hit his first homer in the 6th to cut it to 6-3, but a late run by the
Birds secured the W here in the Queen City.
Cincinnati 7 Baltimore 1
WP: Johnny Vander Meer (1-1) LP: Jim Palmer (1-1)
Not too much to say about this one except that dropping 2 out of 3 in
Cincy to a team that started 0-3 isn't going to make this season any easier.
Baltimore left
26 men on base and even though they pounded out 12 hits, they weren't timely ones. Paul O'Neil went deep for the second straight day to help the
Reds win the series.
1-2 to start this 9 game road trip isn't terrible, well it's not good considering our next 6 games are in
Detroit and our first series against the
Red Sox. I am thinking about bringing up some reserves players (Rich Dauer) to spark the offense a little, stay tuned...