This was a very efficient ballgame. That’s not the sexiest word to use about a baseball game, but here it’s true. The starters gave up three runs each, the O’s went up 4-3 on a Gunnar Henderson seventh-inning single (off a lefty!), and the lead held! The Birds avoided a sweep and ended the season series with Cleveland, all in a tidy two hours and thirty-seven minutes.
Today, I confess that I was watching to see if I could detect signs that veteran starter Charlie Morton is trying to pitch himself off the team and get flipped to a contender, but the evidence is mixed.