Tim Cossins’ first pitching change as a major league manager came in a less-than-ideal situation, walking out to the Camden Yards mound toward a starter amid a dreadful stretch, the home team already down three runs and the bases loaded with no outs.
Cossins’ managerial debut, with Orioles manager Brandon Hyde in Chicago for his daughter’s high school graduation, was a sour one as the San Fancisco Giants won, 8-2, to even their three-game series at Camden Yards. Cossins, the Orioles’ fielding coordinator and catching instructor, was managing for the first time since doing so in the then-Florida Marlins’ minor-league system in 2007.