Wrapping up a 4-2 loss

BOSTON - The Orioles won't go 162-0.

The season-opening winning streak ended at seven games tonight with a 4-2 loss to the Red Sox at frigid Fenway Park.

The Orioles actually won 12 in a row dating to last September. They set a franchise record by hitting 14 home runs in their first eight games, the previous mark being 13 in 1966, 2012 and 2015.

They've also collected at least eight hits in their first eight games for the first time in franchise history.

Manny Machado became only the sixth player in Orioles history to score at least once in as many as seven of the club's first eight games, joining Frank Robinson (1966 and 1969), Cal Ripken Jr. (1991), Will Clark (1999, 2000), Nick Markakis (2009) and Adam Jones (2013).

Rule 5 pick Joey Rickard walked in five plate appearances, his first hitless game in the majors. He's one of three players in franchise history to start his career by reaching base via a hit, walk or hit by pitch in the first eight games. The last was Howie Clark in July 2002.

Ubaldo Jimenez lasted only five innings and threw 104 pitches. He's still the only starter to work more than five innings this season.

Jimenez threw 28 pitches in the first inning, only 13 for strikes. He allowed a hit and walked two batters. The Red Sox stole three basses. But somehow, he didn't give up a run.

Tyler Wilson was sensational in relief with three more scoreless innings and only 39 pitches thrown, including 30 strikes.

J.J. Hardy was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple leading off the second, and Machado was thrown out trying to steal third base to end the sixth with Chris Davis representing the potential tying run. Davis hit a two-run homer in the third.

Manager Buck Showalter on Jimenez: "I think both pitchers, you could tell how cold (it was). You just have no feel for the baseball. I was talking to Ubaldo. He said he just got a feel for his breaking ball in the last inning or so. It was about the first time the hands thaw out. It's tough. You kind of chuckle about the temperature they had out there. It's another thing that might not be accurate here.

"He kept us engaged in the game and he knew that runs weren't going to be a whole lot. He gave up a ground ball that trickled down the third base line. You can't fault him for that. I'm sure he'd like to take back some of the walks, but it was a challenge. He's been throwing a lot of strikes for us this year, so I think the weather had a lot to do with it tonight, I hope."

Showalter on the starters' short outings: "It's been more than that because we've got seven guys back there pitching pretty well and we can pass it around. We're pretty fresh in our 'pen and when you get jobs done like Dylan (Bundy) did last night and how Tyler did tonight ...

"Pitching multiple innings out of the bullpen in the American League is really hard to do. Most of those guys are called starters and that's what we think Dylan and Tyler can do. But we knew we were going to need Tyler here long potentially tonight and it really put us back on our feet tonight going into Texas. And he'll tell me tomorrow that he's ready to go. But as long as we're able to get some multiple innings, we haven't had to overtax anybody yet because we've got seven guys pitching well."

Showalter on starters needing to go deeper: "Yes. I was trying to work around it, but you bet your (butt). It's not easy to do, pitch six, seven innings in the American League. I'm hoping when the weather warms up and guys start feeling the baseball a little bit more (it will improve), but we're all playing with the same conditions, same rules for the most part."

Showalter on the Orioles not taking advantage of having runners on base: "There's going to be nights, I tell the guys all the time, if you feel something go for it. Whether it's J.J. trying to stretch a double, whether it's Manny in that situation, some of the things that allowed us to get to 7-0 didn't work out for us tonight. I want our guys to trust what they're feeling."

Showalter on Machado getting thrown out at third: "He felt it and he went for it. It's like a 30-foot jump shot. If he makes it ... If he takes away the breaking ball in the dirt and it bounces to the backstop, everybody's patting him on the back

Jimenez on the cold weather: "At first I didn't have the split or the slider because of that. I didn't have any feel for it."

Jimenez on the first inning: "It was a crazy inning, but I think once I got David Ortiz, with two outs and David Ortiz was up, I was more worried about getting him out than worrying about the runner. You don't want to try to be quick to home plate and deliver a pitch right down the middle. He's going to hit it a long way. I should've done a better job taking care of the runner."

Jimenez on Xander Bogaerts' two-run double in the third: "I executed a pitch. We went inside. It was a really good pitch. I just got a ground ball. I threw what I wanted to."

Jimenez on how it hurt issuing a leadoff walk to Brock Holt in the fourth: "It did, it did hurt me a lot. I tried to throw the split but it just bounced five feet away out of my hand. I didn't feel it."

Jimenez on the fun stretch of winning seven in a row: "It was fun. You're always trying to start the right way. And that was a fun way to start the season. You're never thinking in spring training, oh you're going to win the first seven games of the season. You never know because it's really tough. But it really got us in the right place, the right mood."

Jimenez on the rotation needing to pitch deeper in games: "Yeah, of course we need to start doing that. But at the beginning of the season it's really hard to say how deep you want to get into games. You're always trying to work to get better for the team. I mean, we won the first seven games, but our offense was unbelievable. It's not going to happen like that every single night. So, we need to step up and do our job."

Mark Trumbo on the streak ending: "We did the win the series, though, so I think the positives are going to outweigh the negatives. I don't think anyone had the illusion we were going to go undefeated, but this was the type of game you can stomach. They executed a little better and we just need to keep going."

Trumbo on being happy with the offense: "Yeah, I think real happy. I think obviously we've got some big hits and hit some home runs, but I see a nice approach out of everyone, too. I think we take a lot of walks, been patient and kind of put together a complete offensive output."

Caleb Joseph on the elements affecting both starters: "I think they played a part. I don't think if you ask Ubaldo he's going to blame it on the weather by any means, or (Joe) Kelly on their side. But, yeah, you've got really cold conditions. The balls are really slick. Even when they rub them up, they still feel like snowballs in your hand. Hard to get a really good grip. Saw quite a few pitches getting backed up, fastballs slipping out of guys hands.

"Going into Jackie Bradley's at-bat, I think more times than not that slider that he throws has a little more depth on it. That one hung up and that was the triple he hit. But Ubaldo did a good job keeping us engaged in the game, and Tyler Wilson did a really good job, too."

Joseph on the winning streak ending: "We had a lot of fun. I'm glad it's over so I don't have to answer questions about how long it's going to last. It's great. Any time you get off to a good start, especially when everybody's picking you last, and especially in my opinion after you get off to a rough start in spring training.

"Nobody in there hit the panic button by any means. We believe in ourselves. It's a tight band of brothers in there and to start off how we anticipated, it got guys ready. We started off well, even tonight's game, we were one, two swings away at any point during that game to do some damage there."

Joseph on Wilson: "He deserves a lot of credit. That's a really, really tough job against a lot of big names over there, good offense. Tyler, he's prepared, he's going to be engaged at all times. He came out and pounded the strike zone, kept us within arm's reach of the game. Anytime you can do that ...

"Look, that's one of the hardest jobs in baseball, to come out and be that kind of long relief guy who can really keep your team in the game. Kudos to him, he did a fantastic job. We like our chances deeper in the game. One, two swings there, we win the game."

Chris Davis on the streak ending: "Yeah, it was a tough game. I think if you'd have told us when the season started we'd get off to the start we did, I think we'd have been happy with it, but it's always tough to drop the last game of a series. But I'm glad we got the series win and we hung in there and battled back tonight. It's just sometimes you get beat.

Davis on still feeling like the Orioles could pull out a win: "Yeah, I think so. I think the first few games it's kind of been or M.O. We get guys on and we've been able to get that hit to drive them in. Unfortunately, we just couldn't do that tonight. But you tip your cap and just realize that some nights you get beat."

Showalter on the streak ending: "I'm proud. We won the series. We won two out of three in the American League East on the road against a team we all know is going to be pretty good this year. We're real proud of that. We move on. Now we've got to play four games against (the Rangers)."