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- Updated: July 20, 2016
NEW YORK — Buck Showalter wouldn’t take the bait. The Orioles’ manager was without Matt Wieters (right foot) and Chris Davis (stomach virus) in a 7-1 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday night, but Showalter scoffed at the suggestion their absences played a part in the result.
“We’ve been without people all year,” the manager said. “Just like the Yankees have and just like everybody has. It’s part of the gig.”
A day after totaling five hits and one run in the series opener, the O’s offense managed just four hits Tuesday. Caleb Joseph and Ryan Flaherty, who spelled Wieters and Davis, respectively, went a combined 0-for-5. The rest of the offense didn’t do much, either.
Manny Machado, Mark Trumbo and Jonathan Schoop didn’t record any hits in the middle of the order, and Joey Rickard’s sixth-inning RBI double was Baltimore’s lone extra-base hit.
Vance Worley, who pitched 4 1/3 innings of three-run ball, said he didn’t feel pressure to compensate for the lack of production. Rather, he spun the onus …
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