I wanted to believe that the Orioles could defeat karma, or the sheer fact of being a bad team, and pull off the doubleheader sweep. If any game was supposed to be a pitchers’ duel, it was this one, a matchup of two of the best starter ERAs in the AL: Charlie Morton, who like Benjamin Button, seems to be getting better and better as he ages, and All-Star John Means.
Alas.
Chalk it up to rust, or fatigue, or perhaps all the red-carpet action going to his head (you know I don’t mean that), but thiswas not the John Means we were looking for.