You can be forgiven for thinking that this was going to be a tough one for the Orioles. In the rubber match of their series against the Yankees, with the “haven’t lost a series against the AL East” streak at stake, the O’s had to stare down the reality of facing down Yankees starter Luis Gil, the American League leader in ERA. The way it turned out, it was not that the Orioles hitters were stuck against Gil. It was Gil who was stuck facing the Orioles.
From the first pitch that Gil threw, which Gunnar Henderson rocketed into right field and over a deer-in-the-headlights Juan Soto’s head, the Orioles were on Gil.