So now, it's on the road. The trip begins with the O's in the midst of the AL East pack at 18-21. Opening night in Chicago provides excitement, as Dave Schmidt hurls five perfect innings to open the contest. Devo strokes a homer, double, and triple, as Schmidt, Kevin Hickey, and Gregg Olson shut down the Sox, 5-1. The next night, the team finally scores some runs for Bob Milacki, who has been the seemingly designated "hard luck" pitcher for the 89 O's, as the O's breeze to a 9-3 victory. In the third game of the set, however, the Sox expect to pick up a win, as they face 10 game 1988 loser Jay Tibbs, freshly recalled from Rochester. Tibbs, however, has different ideas, as he shuts the White Sox out in his six innings of work, the O's winning 8-0. His secret? Did he add a new mystery pitch? No. He stopped throwing his non-curving curve ball.

So the O's are now at .500 as they move on to Cleveland,  sporting a 1.60 ERA over their last eight contests. They continue their recently established stellar pitching the first game, as Jeff Ballard and Gregg Olson combine for a seven hit, 5-2 victory over the Tribe. Defensive gems by Brady Anderson, and a scintillating double play orchestrated by Cal and Billy Rip, lead the way, as the O's win their seventh out of nine.

As May 27 ends, the O's add another notch to the win streak, making it five in a row, as Dave Schmidt goes only five but still gets the stellar support of the bullpen as the O's win 5-1. Despite an increasing number of free passes (two in this game), Mickey Tettleton still manages to stroke his 11th homer.

As the road trip winds down, "Bad Luck Bob" once again takes it on the chin, losing the road finale 1-0, pitching a two-hitter through 8, only to lose to Swindell and the Tribe when Joe Carter bunts home Felix Furmin in the ninth off of Mark Williamson.

Still, the O's had a five and one road trip, and are returning home over .500, having won eight of their last ten. Can these guys be for real?