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- Updated: September 22, 2016
BALTIMORE — Orioles manager Buck Showalter has been tinkering with his daily lineup hoping to spark something for a stagnant offense.
But the Orioles’ offense continued to struggle Wednesday night, losing 5-1 to Boston to mark their fifth consecutive game with two or fewer runs scored. The slide, which comes at a critical playoff push time, is concerning and raises the simple question: What the heck is going on?
“Our guys are really pushing. They’re pushing,” Showalter said of an O’s team that, despite leading the Majors in home runs, hasn’t scored more than two runs during an inning in 60 innings.
“Sometimes you can really want something too much and you can’t take that away from them. The want-to is …