Saratoga, CA. The 2013 schedule showed had the Orioles facing off against the Padres for a single game at Prospect High School. Going into the weekend's action the two squads held the top two spots in the Ettare Division Standings with the Padres enjoying a slim one-point advantage in the standings.
The action in this game started early. After holding the Orioles scoreless in the top of the first inning, the Padress promptly jumped out to a 3-0 lead after their clean-up launched a 3-run HR over the right field fence.
Matt Fraser got the Orioles' offense started a triple to start the top of the second inning, and later scored on a single by Ryan Fulton. An RBI single by Mark Brouse added another run. With the score now 3-2 in favor of the Padres, it looked as though the teams would play some exciting baseball. However, that's when the O's realized that they had left their defensive skills at home.
A couple of errors led to the Padres adding another run and extending their lead to 4-2. After closing to within a run once more in the 5th, the O's once went on to commit 5 errors to allow the Padres to score 4 additional runs, and extend their lead to 8-3, and seemingly put the game away. However, the O's had some fight still left in them.
The O's offense had their customary late-inning eruption scoring 7 runs, on 6 hits, including doubles from Matt Fraser, Joe Newman, and Sal Sanchez. Now leading 10-8, the O's only needed to hold the Padres for six final outs. However, the O's could only record 5 outs.
The Padres were able to tie things up in their half of the 8th, and after holding the O's scoreless in the 9th won the game on a walk-off single. The O's did have a chance to take the lead in the 9th, however the Padres were able to throw out Rains, who represented the 11th run, at the plate.
