Orioles fall 5-2 in unique game at Fenway Park

Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty ImagesThe calendar only read May 2, the season not even a month old, but Tuesday night the Orioles squared off against the Boston Red Sox for the eighth time in 2017. It was the two teams fifth game at Fenway Park and at first pitch the O’s stood atop the American League East with a record of 16-8, while the Red Sox were 3.5 games back at 13-12.

Joey Rickard led off the game with a strikeout against LHP Chris Sale. Normal enough. Then things got weird.

At the request earlier Tuesday by Red Sox RF Mookie Betts, Adam Jones received a standing ovation in his first bat. It was a high-class move by Boston fans after the disturbing events on Monday night involving racial…