TORONTO — The idea of a moral victory in baseball offers little solace to the losing ballclub, but there’s still something to take out of the Orioles’ loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. Baltimore had faced a five-run deficit and came back to tie the game, the kind of effort that might be lost on some losing teams.
With Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at the plate and an automatic runner on second in the 10th inning, the task ahead of right-hander Félix Bautista was great. It proved too great, in the end, with Guerrero’s walk-off single into left field on Bautista’s second offering sealing the Blue Jays’ 7-6 win.
There were other moments, however, that shined more than the final score, including the first home run of rookie catcher Adley Rutschman’s career. It came in a losing effort, but the game wasn’t a wash for Baltimore.
