After two consecutive frustrating losses to the Red Sox, this afternoon’s contest at Camden Yards seemed to hold more weight than your average Aug. 19 baseball game. Another defeat would have sunk to the Orioles to a series loss, a sub-.500 homestand, and a whole lot of angst as they try to maintain their grip on a postseason spot with six weeks left to play.
It’s a good thing, then, that Albert Suárez continued to do Albert Suárez things, and that the O’s continue to be graced by the presence of the superstar duo of Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman.