This felt like an old-school ballgame, quick, efficient, and tightly pitched. On the field, we got much what we’d read about on paper: two starters who’ve been effective at limiting runs, except for those of the leaving-the-yard variety. Yusei Kikuchi and Tyler Wells allowed just two runs apiece, but home runs counted for three-fourths of those runs.
Both starters performed well, but Wells gave his team more length, and it mattered a ton: the Orioles scored two runs off a flame-throwing Toronto bullpen while an A-team relief tandem of Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista was able to get seven outs and clinch the series for Baltimore.