BALTIMORE _ When the Orioles' night began, most of the announced 44,317 at Camden Yards gave a standing ovation to the 1966 World Series champion team, which the club honored on the field before Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards.
Within an hour, the crowd turned to booing struggling starter Ubaldo Jimenez. And the energy was never the same again in a 9-5 loss.
Jimenez and reliever Mike Wright each faced control issues, totaling four walks and nine runs (seven earned) through six innings. The Angels needed just eight hits to take a 9-3 lead, scoring in six of the first seven innings. Three walks came around to score, as well as another runner who reached on an error by Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy.
Through five innings, the Orioles (49-36) managed only solo home runs by Adam Jones and Jonathan Schoop. Their best chance to rally came in the sixth, when Manny Machado singled, Chris Davis walked and Mark Trumbo hit an RBI single to cut the deficit to 9-3 with no outs. But Matt Wieters, Pedro Alvarez and Hardy each struck out to end the threat.
Trumbo smacked a two-run homer to left with two outs in the ninth, but the Orioles stopped there.
