The Orioles entered Sunday right on the doorstop of the playoffs, with a chance to clinch a Wild Card slot in their final home game of the season. That would have been nice.
Instead, they wasted scoring chance after scoring chance and dropped the series finale to Detroit, 4-3. For a second, it seemed like they’d pull it off. Down 3-0, the Orioles tied the game in a thrilling fifth that featured a two-run Cedric Mullins home run and an RBI double by the newly reactivated Jordan Westburg. But bad luck struck: with a chance to take the lead, Colton Cowser’s 397-foot blast got gobbled up by Detroit outfielder Parker Meadows leaping over the right-center wall.