One thing that you can safely say about any baseball team with a .311 winning percentage is they really know how to lose games. That is their real talent. Along with playing a whole bunch of games where they have no chance, they take the close ones, blow a crucial situation or two, and lose what could have easily been a win. So it went for the Orioles on Friday night. They dropped an 11-inning game to the Yankees, 4-3.
It was a particularly stupid way to lose. The top of the 11th inning saw the Orioles get their Manfred Man - the free extra innings runner - to third base before anyone was out.