Longtime Orioles fan, Scott Graham, is fighting COVID-19 in a Raleigh ICU.
John Means made Orioles history on Wednesday night, and his performance was "a gift" for a lifelong Baltimore fan fighting COVID-19 and his son.
Means fired a no-hitter against the Mariners, striking out 12 hitters with no walks on 113 pitches. It's the first by a single pitcher for the Orioles since Jim Palmer on Aug. 13, 1969.
But for a fan over 3,000 miles away, that moment was about more than a game.
Scott Graham, who retired in February after serving 30 years as a police officer, tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with low oxygen levels.