Saturday afternoon Orioles game thread: vs. Astros, 4:05

On Friday night, the Orioles pulled off the kind of dramatic, come-from-behind-in-the-late-innings victory that they had not been able to do in something like three months. Anthony Santander’s grand slam was a cathartic moment for a team that’s been muddling along for a while, and for a fanbase that’s had to deal with their favorite team muddling along for a while.

We all want to believe that was the thing that was going to change the trajectory of the Orioles season back in an unambiguously positive direction. The rest of the season will be more fun if that is the case, that the big, clutch home run is the thing that made it all click to get the team to go, let’s say, 20-13 over the final…