Orioles SP Chris Tillman has average start against Rays

Orioles starting pitcher Chris Tillman gave up three runs on five hits and three walks in 5.2 innings against the Rays on Thursday.

It's been an awfully bad run for Tillman over his last five starts, as he's given up 24 runs -- all earned -- in 24.2 innings over that span. After a hot stretch in July, Tillman has simply imploded down the stretch. After pitching to an ERA no worse than 3.71 in the last three seasons, it was hard to see a disaster like this year coming, but Tillman's already modest bat-missing ability has faded further, and it's put him in bad situations game after game.