Death, taxes, and Orioles home runs. One night after blasting off for four long balls, the Orioles took an easy Game Two behind staff ace Corbin Burnes—who settled into autopilot over seven one-run innings—and a trio of home runs, two from Ryan Mountcastle, continuing his career-long romp at Rodgers Centre, and an eighth-inning shot by rookie Connor Norby, his first career MLB hit and home run in one swing.
Reportedly on Monday Toronto manager John Schneider crabbily said, of the Orioles, “They’re not the ’27 Yankees.”
John Schneider last night: “They’re not the ‘27 Yankees.