Baltimore Orioles left-hander Wade Miley failed to make it past the fifth inning for the fifth time in six starts while Baltimore’s bats continued to scuffle as the Orioles fell to the Houston Astros, 5-2, May 27.
The loss, which was Baltimore’s 12th in their past 15 games, dropped the Orioles to 25-22 on the season while the Astros improved to a Major League Baseball-best 34-16. With the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox winning May 27, the Orioles fell 3.5 games back of first place New York and 1.5 games back of second place Boston.
Miley gave up four runs on eight hits and walked three in five innings against the Astros May 27. He gave up two quick runs in the first inning thanks to a leadoff single by George Springer, a run-scoring double by Jose Altuve and an infield hit by Carlos Correa that drove in a run. Orioles center fielder Joey Rickard, in the lineup for a banged up Adam Jones, got a bad break on Altuve’s double, costing him a chance at making a play.
