There’s no doubt that the past eight days have been very uplifting for the Orioles, who grinded out a 13-inning, 6-5 victory on Tuesday night and have now won for six of their last seven games to preserve mathematical hope for a miracle wild-card playoff berth.
Indeed, it’s still possible for the O’s to go on the mother of all late-season winning streaks and climb over several other clubs to snatch the second American League wild card entry, but it’s still not plausible.
The latest victory, provided when Chris Davis lined an RBI single to right center field to score Gerardo Parra, inched them to within 5 ½ games of the Houston Astros, who fell out of first place in the AL West and into the second wild card slot with Tuesday night’s loss to the Rangers.