Baltimore catcher Austin Wynns confers with reliever Mike Wright in the eighth inning of the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Houston. Instead, Ramirez’s longest major league start, and the first quality start of his career, ended up the same way as the ones that preceded it: an Orioles loss, 5-2 to the Houston Astros to complete a doubleheader sweep. Baltimore (46-115), which fell, 4-3, in the opener, enters the season finale trying to avoid its 22nd series sweep of the season. [Game 1 box score: Astros 4, Orioles 3]That each of these three losses to the defending World Series champions came as the Orioles received a quality start is fitting, considering how their season has gone. “We’re just not doing much offensively against some good pitching,” Manager Buck Showalter said.

Source: Washington Post September 30, 2018 05:26 UTC