Miley takes hard-luck loss, despite solid outing

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OAKLAND — For the second straight night, an Orioles starter gave the team every opportunity to win a game and it didn’t work out.

Wade Miley threw six strong innings for the Orioles, allowing a pair of runs, and four of his six hits, in the third inning. Aside from Adam Jones’ homer, the Orioles couldn’t push anything across, taking a 2-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

“I was leaving the ball up the whole inning,” Miley said. “It kind of got away. I didn’t command the ball early, but I found it.”

Miley has given up six runs through his first 11 innings with the Orioles, though he’s shown Orioles manager Buck Showalter he’ll be helpful over the final 50 games of the regular season.

“He made very few mistakes,” …

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