Orioles GM Dan Duquette raised some eyebrows yesterday when he said that the Orioles could compete if only they had better starting pitching. Sometimes, they don’t even need that. The O’s unexpectedly teed off on Houston on Sunday, overcoming another downer of an outing by Dylan Bundy to stave off a sweep with a 9-7 victory over the Astros.
Like many Orioles wins this season, it wasn’t exactly a pretty one, doing little to make anybody feel better about the biggest flaws that have plagued them this season. But in the end, despite Bundy serving up not one, but two three-run home runs in the game, the O’s grabbed an eighth inning lead and Zach Britton held on in the ninth inning to set the American League record for consecutive saves converted with 55 in a row.