Somewhere among Oakland Coliseum’s vastness and empty seats, the Orioles misplaced their bats their first three nights there this week, almost seeming too eager to escape Oakland and its void-of-charm stadium for their upcoming interleague series across the bay in San Francisco.
But before leaving, the Orioles left some parting shots, suddenly emerging from their Oakland funk with a 9-6 win over of the A’s that seemed to make things right again, at least for one day, as they avoided a four-game sweep.
The Orioles (64-50) scored just three runs in their first three games of the series, and tripled that output in Thursday’s series finale in front of an announced crowd of 16,610 at the Coliseum.