Tampa Bay* | 74 | 53 | .583 | – | 43-23 | 31-30 | 571 | 508 | +63 | Won 2 | 8-2 |
Boston* | 76 | 55 | .580 | – | 40-23 | 36-32 | 653 | 538 | +115 | Won 1 | 4-6 |
Oakland | 72 | 56 | .563 | 2.5 | 39-25 | 33-31 | 562 | 498 | +64 | Won 1 | 5-5 |
Cleveland | 70 | 59 | .543 | 5 | 39-26 | 31-33 | 592 | 553 | +39 | Won 1 | 7-3 |
Baltimore | 69 | 59 | .539 | 5.5 | 37-29 | 32-30 | 610 | 567 | +43 | Lost 1 | 4-6 |
NY Yankees | 68 | 61 | .527 | 7 |
33,000 fans including myself were greatly disappointed as the O’s failed time after time to deliver key hits and then O”day could not get through 1 batter before giving up the losing run
To get to 92 wins the O’s must go 23-11, a task not likely to be met.
freddy from boca
you missed the most glaring problem. poor managing yesterday for the birds. mclouth on first no one out. big hole between first and second. manny’s up, your 3rd best hitter and a guy who is very adept at hitting to the opposite field. manny bunts, so you’ve taken the bat out of manny’s hands, giving away an out and now your best hitter is up with first base open. free pass to davis, which took the bat out of his hands and sets up a double play. how do you have manny bunt knowing they’re going to walk davis. taking the bat out of 2 of your best 3 hitters is down right stupid. my guess is buck didn’t sleep at a holiday inn friday night