It's starting to look like the Orioles just have to wait until their luck changes. They got two well-hit balls with Adam Jones at second base in the top of the first inning, but Rajai Davis ran down a gapper by Nick Markakis and Kevin Kousmanoff made a terrific play to flag down the screamer that Miguel Tejada hit down the third base line and end the inning.
So, we're through the top of the second inning and the Orioles are now 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position.
Meanwhile, the A's get a leadoff hit in the first on a nubber by Davis and then catch a break when David Hernandez all but picks him off first, only to have him somehow evade the tag by Garrett Atkins.
The A's went on to put runners at second and third with no one out in the first and got two runs on a groundout and a fly out.
Is there some kind of pattern forming here?