O’s seek solution to recent rough patch

BALTIMORE — The Orioles slipped out of first place for the first time all season May 1, and they’ll close the month in their roughest stretch of the season and three games behind the Red Sox.

The O’s, who suffered a 6-2 loss to Boston on Tuesday, have dropped seven of their past nine games and went 14-13 in May after finishing five games over .500 (14-9) in April.

“Trying to figure out a reason or find a reason for stuff like this is tough to do. It’s kind of like when things are going good, it’s the snowball effect,” infielder Paul Janish said. “To a certain extent, that’s kind of what we have going right now. It’s either you can’t get the big hit or like tonight, we fell behind early and [Kevin] Gausman did a great job getting through six innings and helped us out there.

“It’s one of those where I don’t think there’s anything in particular to pinpoint. As quickly as the game goes the other way, it can go our way, too, and that’s what we’re waiting for, and we look forward to that happening sooner or later.”

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