Nate Karns was only really referring to himself when downplaying what a Monday matinee against the Minnesota Twins, the first road game of the Grapefruit League season for the Orioles, meant in the context of his path to pitching in a game that matters.
The same could be said, however, for the pitchers who followed him — Luis Ortiz and Hunter Harvey — in the Orioles’ 7-1 loss to the Twins at Hammond Stadium on Monday, the team's first defeat of the spring. Each had their 2018 season cut short by injuries, and each valued the chance to just pitch in a competitive situation Monday.