The odds of the Orioles winning a game in which their two best hitters are given off days and half of the starting infield is fresh off of a promotion from Triple-A were not particularly high. So, it should come as no surprise that the team’s bats once again sputtered in a 5-2 loss to conclude a four-game series against the Blue Jays.
Brandon Hyde sent out a lineup befitting the minor league stadium in which the game took place. Ryan McKenna, Domingo Leyba, and Ramón Urías all went from starting for Norfolk one night to making up a third of Baltimore’s lineup the next.