The Orioles ruined the Boston Red Sox's home opener Monday afternoon thanks to a pair of tape-measure home runs in their 9-7 victory at Fenway Park.
They have the best record in baseball (6-0) and are off to their best start in the franchise's 63-year history.
But while jaws dropped at Fenway at the distances of the blasts off the bats of Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo, far more important was the number of runners on base when the Orioles sluggers hit them.
They were both three-run homers and both gave the Orioles the lead. And both were a result of the Orioles' evolving blueprint to work better at bats.