BALTIMORE — Brad Hand stood with his hands on his hips along the third-base line, turning periodically from the video board showing the all-important replay and the umpires huddled near the visitor’s dugout, headsets on, reviewing if Ryan McKenna’s hand slipped under Tres Barrera’s tag.
Hand attempted to keep his focus, ready to retake the mound if the replay center in New York deemed Carter Kieboom’s throw home from third beat McKenna.
Instead, when umpire Joe West pulled off that headset and indicated signaled McKenna safe to give the Baltimore Orioles a 5-4 walk-off win Sunday to complete a series sweep of the Washington Nationals, Hand’s arms dropped to his side.