Playing in front of one of their larger crowds of the year that included a slew of franchise greats, the Orioles put on a performance Saturday that has become all too familiar this season.

Baltimore (53-64) surrendered double-digit runs for the 14th time in 2025 and didn’t score after the first inning in a lopsided 11-3 loss to the Athletics. Camden Yards drew an announced crowd of 30,078 on the night the Orioles inducted five-time All-Star Adam Jones into their Hall of Fame, but the standing ovations eventually gave way to smatterings of boos.

The club officially welcomed Jones, fellow outfielder Joe Orsulak and longtime broadcaster Tom Davis into the Orioles Hall of Fame in an on-field ceremony before the game. Among those in attendance were former manager Buck Showalter and players such as Cal Ripken Jr., Jim Palmer, Chris Davis, Nick Markakis, Jim Johnson, Al Bumbry and Melvin Mora.

They were treated to some early fireworks in the first when Gunnar Henderson launched a three-run home run — his 14th of the season — to put the Orioles in front. However, that was all the offense they could muster as Athletics right-hander Jack Perkins, making his second career MLB start, retired the next 15 batters he faced en route to a quality start.

“With where the roster’s at, the configuration, there’s going to be good nights and there’s going to be bad nights,” interim manager Tony Mansolino said.

“You start to think about the opening day roster and how many of those guys are still here. And a lot of the guys who are here now started in Triple-A, so they weren’t in the big leagues because they had things to work on, and now they get thrusted into the big leagues. With that, once they get here, there’s going to be some tough nights.”

Orioles starter Brandon Young couldn’t match his counterpart, giving up a two-run homer to catcher Shea Langeliers in the first and a three-run shot to designated hitter Brent Rooker two innings later. The rookie right-hander lasted just three frames and left the mound with his ERA standing at 6.70 through his first 10 career outings.

“It’s just disappointing letting the team down,” Young said. “Almost every time I go out. It’s just really frustrating. Pretty disappointed. I’ve just got to be better. That’s on me. I’m not sure specifically the challenges I was facing. It was just falling in bad counts, leaving balls in the middle and they were making me pay for it.”

The wheels came all the way off in the fifth when relievers Yaramil Hiraldo and Corbin Martin combined to allow five runs on five hits and two walks, putting the game well out of reach only halfway into the contest. Rooker, Langeliers and third baseman Gio Urshela all chipped in with run-scoring doubles in the inning.

Kade Strowd pitched a scoreless seventh and Grant Wolfram finished off the game to avoid digging too deep into the maligned bullpen, but the damage was done by that point. The Orioles’ offense never threatened to close the gap, repeating its performance from Friday’s 3-2 win by scoring three runs in the first and failing to push another across the rest of the way.

“Back-to-back nights like that, probably not what we would want,” Mansolino said. “There’s a lot of pressure on those top five guys to create something. I just think, with where the roster is at and where the lineup is at, there’s a lot of pressure on those first five guys and they’re going to live up to it and they’re going to have better nights than they did tonight.”

Postgame analysis

Young has taken his licks in his first taste of the major leagues. The 2020 undrafted free agent has flashed moments of excellence and he entered the game Saturday with just five earned runs allowed over his past three starts, but he’s consistently struggled to pitch deep into games and his performance against the Athletics was poor from the start.

It’s still far too early to write him off. After all, Grayson Rodriguez had a 7.35 ERA over his first 10 career starts and Kyle Bradish was a tad worse at 7.38. Though Young still has a lot to prove before he will warrant comparisons with either of those two pitchers, the Orioles’ place in the standings should offer him ample opportunity to figure things out down the stretch.

What they’re saying

Young on flushing poor outings like this one:

“Honestly, I’m going to try to forget it as quick as possible, really. I feel like I’ve been dwelling on the past few, but now this one, it’s like — I’ve just got to get out of my head. Onto the next one, really.”

By the numbers

The Orioles’ 14 games with 10 or more runs allowed this season is the fourth most in the majors and second in the American League behind only the A’s (20). It’s already the highest total Baltimore has had in an entire season since 2021, when they had 27 such performances.

On deck

After splitting the first two games, the Orioles will get another crack at winning their weekend series Sunday when Cade Povich makes his second start since returning from the injured list. The Athletics placed their originally scheduled starter Luis Severino on the IL ahead of Saturday’s game and plan to pitch Luis Morales in his place.

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