The only question was, what took so long?
April had been a lean month for the Orioles at the plate, mitigated by their winning record and almost everyone in the heart of their lineup delivering a big hit at one point or another to help them to it.
Until Wednesday, they hadn’t put it all together. In their most complete offensive performance of the season, the Orioles clubbed four mammoth home runs off knuckleballer Steven Wright before Wright could even record five outs and split the two-game series with a 12-5 win.
“We’ve been battling, but we haven’t hit our stride by any means,” Trumbo said before the game.