Before the Orioles even take the field on Thursday night, they already know that they must beat the Blue Jays tonight to keep pace with the Rays in the AL East standings. The Rays completed a sweep of the Rockies earlier in the afternoon, a series in which Colorado led two of the games into the eighth inning and the third into the sixth, and ended up losing every game. Thanks for nothing, dudes. Please extend the same courtesy of futility to the O’s this weekend.
The Jays, as we are aware, are not such a futile team as the Rockies.