This season the Orioles have found, maybe not a “winning” formula, but a consistent one: average-to-crappy starting pitching, tenacious at-bats against opponents’ relievers, and lockdown work by a bullpen that, measured in WAR, is actually the third best in baseball.
Well, live by the sword, die by the sword. On a nearly four-hour epic on Saturday afternoon, the Orioles fell into a four-run hole as Kyle Bradish allowed six runs on 11 hits in 4.1 calamitous innings. O’s hitters stormed back the way it feels like they’ve done again and again this season, tying the game 6-6 in the sixth inning.