BALTIMORE -- Ramon Urias fielded a grounder and threw to first for the final out, and the Baltimore Orioles poured onto the field for a celebration at the mound.
They weren't in a full sprint. Some players walked and others jogged or skipped. Perhaps it was a sign of just how grueling - and at times exhausting - this race or the AL East title was.
That chase is now over. Anthony Santander homered, DL Hall worked out of a sixth-inning jam and the Orioles clinched the division championship with a 2-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.