PHILADELPHIA — In what was perhaps his last at-bat as a major leaguer, John Means hammered an elevated fastball to deep center at Citizens Bank Park. The drive carried over Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Odúbel Herrera, one-hopping the wall for a double that marked the Orioles left-hander’s first career extra-base hit and the first by a Baltimore pitcher in more than a decade.
The Orioles got no runs out of a hit that sent their dugout into a smiling frenzy, with Means running into an out at third base to end their half of the seventh inning, but the way he pitched Monday, it wasn’t necessary.