ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours before beginning their series with the Texas Rangers, the Orioles faced the demoralizing reality that they would not remain intact through the trade deadline. By its end, they could fully embrace they still have the potential to hunt a playoff berth in the season’s final months.
Having traded away the longtime face of the team Trey Mancini and All-Star closer Jorge López before Tuesday’s trade deadline, the Orioles who remained completed a sweep of the Rangers on Wednesday with a 6-3 victory.
The Orioles (54-51) are a season-high three games over .500, with the victory keeping them within 1 1/2 games of the American League’s third and final wild-card spot. Having also won all three games in a home series against Texas, Baltimore swept a season series of more than three games for the first time since going 6-0 against the Los Angeles Angels in 2010.
