O's Striking Out on Sundays

It's official...I'm on strike when it comes to blogging Sunday O's games.

The Birds lost to Toronto 5-4, continuing their miserable Sunday losing streak. After the O's beat Seattle on April 6, they've dropped nine straight Sunday games. It doesn't seem to make a difference whether they're home (1-4) or on the road (0-5), the O's just can't get a Sunday win.

It happened again this past weekend, when the O's took a 4-2 lead into the sixth inning only to lose the game 5-4. Luke Scott homered twice, giving the O's a 1-0 and then a 4-2 lead, but reliever Matt Albers gave up three runs in the sixth to spoil a strong start from Radhames Liz and spoil the Bird's chance of sweeping the Blue Jays in Toronto.

The O's were off Monday and begin a three-game series against the first place Boston Red Sox later this evening. The game has been pushed forward an hour (it starts at 6:05 instead of 7:05) so that all the "lucky" Boston fans can watch the Sox and then the Celtics in game three of the NBA Finals at 9 pm.

Tampa Bay won on Monday and remain in second place in the AL East, but both Toronto and New York lost close games. The O's (31-31), Yankees(32-32) and Blue Jays (33-33) are now in a three-way tie for third (or last) in the division.

So until the O's can win another Sunday game, I'm taking the day off...maybe now that it's out in the open the streak can finally come to an end.