Sometimes, when you’re on the road, in the middle of the Wild Card chase, you need to win ugly. That’s just what the Orioles were able to do Friday night, coming from behind once again to beat the Reds 6-2.
Let’s be clear here: the 6-2 scoreline does not do the game justice in terms of how tight things really were. Through eight innings, the Orioles had left seven runners on base and were 0-8 with RISP. The 2-2 tie felt like it could go on all the way into August. Then, in the ninth, the damn finally broke.