Birds fall to Royals

The Orioles dropped their third straight game, falling to the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on a rainy Monday night in Baltimore.

To make matters worse, I'm now 0-for-2 (and wet) at Camden Yards this season...the only bright spot: GREAT seats to watch my team lose!

The Birds squandered a decent start by Brad Bergesen, who took the loss and evened his record at 3-3. Bergesen went 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs (three earned, with another coming off a balk) on ten hits. He walked two and struck out a pair.

Bergesen wasn't at his best, but once again, the O's offense paled in comparison. The Birds went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, and stranded ten men on base...

Although every Oriole starter notched at least one hit (except Garrett Atkins), not one of the O's ten hits went for extra bases.

The Orioles made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth...they loaded the bases with one out, but Ty Wigginton struck out swinging before Miguel Tejada grounded out to end the threat, and the game. Seriously...I just knew the Birds would pull this one out at the end, but they choked (after telling the O's Bird this, he proceeded to choke me...not my finest moment!).

After starting the homestand on a winning streak, the Birds have dropped three straight and need a win on Tuesday to finish with a 4-4 record on the trip. The O's send Kevin Millwood to the mound, still in search of his first win of the season...