Do you remember those Bill Hader Stefon segments on SNL where he’d recommend really inappropriate places, say, to take your mom on Mother’s Day? Well, as Stefon would say, this game had everything: catcher’s interference, a balk, four errors, four unearned runs, a couple of late-inning rallies, and a Cedric Mullins grand slam.
On the other hand, if you saw the O’s roll out a lineup featuring Chris Owings, Kélvin Gutiérrez, Robinson Chirinos and starting pitcher Spenser Watkins and concluded, This one is over before it even begins, I can’t blame you. I had the same reaction.