Many words come to mind when describing the Braves’ series against the Orioles from the club’s perspective.
“Dreadful” could describe accurately the team’s offensive performance, as it scored nine runs combined in the three games Friday through Saturday, with a total of 22 runners left on base. The team’s record dropped to 39-50 on the season with the three consecutive losses.
“Desperate” also could be used to illustrate the state of the Braves’ starting rotation, which is so depleted the club had to employ a bullpen game Saturday.
But to sum up the series that saw the Braves get outscored 14-9 on their home field, one should look no further than the words author Judith Viorst used to encapsulate 6-year-old Alexander’s series of misfortunes in one of her books:
It was a “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (but in this case, multiple days) for the Braves.