Grayson Rodriguez was excellent. His relievers were anything but.
Rodriguez took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning against the Seattle Mariners and handed the ball to the Orioles’ bullpen in the seventh with a 2-0 lead. Baltimore’s best relievers surrendered the lead, though, as the Mariners scored two runs in the seventh off crafty lefty Danny Coulombe and two more in the eighth off sinkerballer Yennier Cano.
The Orioles’ offense couldn’t recreate the punch from Friday’s win when...