In the top of the ninth inning of tonight’s game in Toronto, we saw the Orioles at their best: getting on base, passing the baton, putting together good at-bats and erupting for a multi-run rally.
Unfortunately, for the eight innings before that, we saw the Orioles at their worst: pitching poorly, playing shoddy defense, and taking overaggressive, futile at-bats at the plate. And in the end, they dug themselves into a hole even a ninth-inning explosion couldn’t help them climb out of, falling by a 7-6 score.
That ninth inning was pretty cool, though. The Orioles entered the inning in what appeared to be an insurmountable 7-2 deficit, seemingly limping to the finish line, only to jump all over former O’s prospect Zach Pop for three consecutive singles to start the inning.