BALTIMORE, Marylalnd August 3, 2014 - If you were a tad late to your seat Sunday afternoon you missed all of the scoring. Nick Markakis led off the Oriole First Inning with a homer, and that was all there was for either side in a brilliantly pitched 1-0 Oriole victory that expanded the Baltimore lead in the powerful American League East to three and one-half games. This was because the Toronto Blue Jays lost their third straight game to Western Division Cellar-Dweller Toronto, 6-1. The Yankees and Boston square off tonight on national TV; for the moment the Yanks trail Baltimore by five and one-half games. The up-to-the-minute American League East Standings follow this post.
Chris Tillman threw seven strong innings of shutout baseball, and got scoreless relief pitching from Andrew Miller and Zach Britton in the win. Tillman allowed only 4 hits and allowed not a single base on balls in gaining his 8th win against 5 losses. For the second time since being acquired last week, Miller threw shut out relief baseball, and Britton copied him, gaining his 23rd save.
The Orioles are in Washington tomorrow night for a make-up game with the Nationals. They will then move north of the border for a key series with the suddenly swooning Blue Jays, losers of three straight to the hapless Astros. Friday night they return to Camden Yards for a interesting and important inter-league series with the Cardinals.
/AMERICAN LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION STANDINGS, Current to 6:01 pm on August 3, 2014
1. Baltimore Orioles: 62 wins, 48 losses, .564 pct.
2. Toronto Blue Jays: 60 wins, 53 losses, .531 pct., 3.5 games behind the Orioles
3. New York Yankees: 56 wins, 53 losses, .514 pct., 5.5 games behind the Orioles
4. Tampa Bay Rays, 54 wins, 56 losses, .491 pct., 8 games behind the Orioles
5. Boston Red Soz: 49 wins, 61 losses, .445 pct., 13 games behind the Orioles
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