BALTIMORE — By the end of the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader, there were hardly any fans remaining at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. But for those who had sat through 18 innings of baseball, they had seen a smattering of all the club has to offer.
A strong pitching display, with the occasional mistake pitch mixed in. An offense that only operates in short-lived spurts. And a sprinkle of defensive letdowns — with costly results.
In the second game Sunday, however, those mistake pitches were few and far enough between, the offense’s short-lived spurt lived just long enough and the defensive letdown only led to one run. In all, it gave the Orioles a 4-2 win against the Kansas City Royals, setting up a rubber match Monday at 12:05 p.m.
