In a game rife with tension and full of controversial, game-changing plays, the decider left nothing to doubt.
In the 14th inning, nearly five hours after the game began, Pedro Álvarez broke a 3-3 deadlock with a grand slam to help the Orioles to a 7-3 win over the New York Yankees.
They could have lost it as many times leading up to that as they could have won it, but in a game of missed opportunities and game-saving defensive plays, it was the Orioles' bench bat who decided it.
The way the Orioles jumped to a 1-0 lead—a Manny Machado home run—wasn't exactly tense.