Nothing was easy for the Orioles this weekend in the Bronx coming down to getting the final out of Sunday afternoon’s series finale at Yankee Stadium.
The Orioles were one out away from salvaging the final game of their three-game series against the Yankees but blew a multi-run ninth-inning lead for the second time in three games here in New York, this time amid controversy.
In a game that included its share of weirdness, the Orioles eventually won, 7-4, in 11 innings, avoiding a three-game sweep, but not before New York’s tying runs came in to score after a questionable balk call; manager Buck Showalter was ejected; the Yankee Stadium lights turned on, then off, then on again; and a Yankees pitcher who pitched the ninth, played first base in the 10th and then pitched again in the 11th.