BALTIMORE -- Home-field advantage has taken on a serious meaning in the first month-and-a-half for the Orioles, who lost their first home series of the season on Thursday with a 7-2 defeat against the Mariners.
Baltimore has been a remarkable 17-8 at Camden Yards this season, leading the Majors in home victories and using that to secure an early spot atop the American League East. But the Mariners, leaders in the AL West, did what no opponent has been able to in Baltimore: close out a series.
"They're doing really well. They're really hot, obviously," former Mariner Mark Trumbo said of a Seattle club that is 6-0-1 in road series this year.