Even though it was a close, dramatic game all afternoon, it really looked like the Orioles were going to get their first win of the road trip. But everything unraveled in the ninth, with Cole Sulser’s blown save plunging a dagger into those hopes.
As far as silver linings, you can just keep checking off boxes on the list of firsts for Oriole rookie Ryan Mountcastle. Included today were the following: first three hit game, first major league home run and first multi-homer game.
But a team is only as good as it’s starting pitching, which brings us to Jorge Lopez.