Brandon Hyde after 16-2 loss: "You know, pretty embarrassing again"

OAKLAND - It wasn't actually the first time this year the Orioles had allowed 16 runs in a game. But when it happened Tuesday night at Oakland, a manager who has had to handle interviews so many nights about a pitching staff that came up short, seemed to be exasperated to have to do it again.

Who could blame Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde?

That was indeed hard to watch. O's pitching allowed 16 runs to tie a season-high first set April 20 versus Minnesota, giving up 10 of them in the last of the sixth, as Oakland crushed the Orioles 16-2 at Oakland Coliseum.

Starter Gabriel Ynoa allowed three homers and six runs over 5 1/3 innings. Lefty Paul Fry gave up four runs (two earned) and got just one out. Right-hander Dan Straily had his latest poor outing and looks like a pitcher whose roster spot at this point has to be beyond shaky. He gave up three homers and six runs over 2 1/3 innings. He allowed a pair of three-run homers as Oakland's 4-2 lead became 14-2 after the sixth.

The skipper was, understandably, beyond frustrated.

"I thought it was a Major League Baseball game through five innings," said Hyde. "A 4-2 game and it was pitching okay. It was 6-2 in the sixth and then just really bad baseball after that. You know, pretty embarrassing again. With a bullpen day (today), we're in a tough spot. Yeah, hard to watch.

"We just have had way too many of those games this year. And I'm just looking forward to the day when we've got waves of arms coming through here that are impact guys that can get people out. Right now, we don't have enough of them."

Hyde didn't have much choice but to leave Straily in as his ERA rose from 9.13 to 9.82. He's allowed 22 homers in 47 2/3 innings.

"Chris Davis was the choice, or somebody else," he said, if not Straily. "Got to be able to get people out in the big leagues. Paid to get people out. We have nights we do and nights we don't."

With the Orioles so far from home and their minor league affiliates, there's no time to get another pitcher out west for a 3:37 p.m. ET start today. No reinforcements coming yet.

"Well we're on the west coast with a day game," Hyde said. "We're going with what we have (today). Obviously I didn't want to pitch three or four of our high-leverage guys when we were down 6-2. It got away from us. Touchdown and a field goal. Whatever it was. Not real good."

Fry spoke about his tough night and a brutal one for the team.

"I mean, it's really tough," he said. "It comes down to attacking hitters and getting ahead. I put myself in a bad spot there. Getting ahead is No. 1 and I fell behind almost every hitter. Had to throw pitches that were hittable pitches and that's where I got in trouble.

"To be in the game until that inning, and then to just see the energy afterwards, it's tough. We just have to come back (today) and battle and go from there."

Any concerns this one will linger with the team?

"Honestly, I don't think so. We come in with a great attitude everyday and a lot of energy, so, we're going to feed off each other and keep pushing each other," said Fry.

More notes on a bad night:

* It was the Orioles biggest blowout loss of the year and the 10-run inning was their worst of the year.

* The Orioles are 1-5 against Oakland, allowing 54 runs and 20 homers.

* This was the fifth time this year they have allowed 13 or more runs in a game and the 13th time they have given up 10 or more.

* Oakland hit six home runs in a game for the first time since June 17, 2008 at Arizona and the first time at home since Sept. 11, 2003 against the Angels. Oakland's 10-run inning was its first at home since July 5, 1996 when they had a 13-run inning.

* The O's were held to three runs or less for the 13th time in the last 19 games. They have scored just four runs on seven hits in this series.

* The Orioles match a season-high with a seven-game losing streak. The streak has seen them lose games by scores of 12-3, 13-2 and 16-2.

* The Orioles have clinched another series loss and they are 0-15-1 in series play since April 22-24. They have now lost nine straight road series.

Minor league All-Star games: Two Orioles pitching prospects started minor league All-Star Games last night. The club's 2018 top draft pick, right-hander Grayson Rodriguez pitched a scoreless first representing Single-A Delmarva for the South Atlantic League North, which beat the South 6-2 in Charleston, West Virgina.

Fellow Shorebirds contributed to that win. Lefty Drew Rom and right-hander Zach Matson added scoreless innings. Righty Ofelky Peralta gave up two runs in an inning. Doran Turchin went 1-for-2 with a three-run double while Seamus Curran went 0-for-2 and Daniel Fajardo 1-for-1.

Right-hander Mike Baumann threw a scoreless top of the first in the Carolina League All-Star Classic representing the Single-A Frederick Keys as the Carolina League North beat the South 8-7. A crowd of 6,927 looked on at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium on Tuesday night.

Frederick's Luis Perez threw 1 1/3 scoreless, David Lebron pitched a shutout inning and so did righty Steven Klimek. Frederick's Willy Yahn went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Cole Billingsley was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Also representing Frederick, Sean Miller and Zach Jarrett went 0-for-2 at the plate.