Good Morning, Birdland,
The Orioles got their weekend in Denver off to a nice start, beating the Rockies 5-3 on Friday night. Yours truly recapped the late-night action. It was a solid win, but it did not always feel like the O’s had things in hand.
Early on, the offense was almost entirely on the shoulders of...Emmanuel Rivera. The recently added, glove-first infielder came over from the Marlins with a 56 OPS+. Now, let me check my notes. Ah, yes...that is NOT good. But he was good in this game. The bearded baseballer drove in three runs, two of which came on his first home run for the O’s.