It’s about 6:15 in the morning on October 4th, 2016. My dad had (unforgivably) sent me to bed after 4 innings of the Orioles vs Blue Jays wild card game. I had gone to sleep feeling anxious, but hopeful that my O’s could exit the hostile Rogers Centre environment with a W and a ticket to play the Texas Rangers in the AL Divisional Round; After all, Mark Trumbo had hit a two-run shot down the left field line to put us up 2-1, just minutes before I heard the dreaded “alright pal, time to head upstairs.” My legs shook as I crept downstairs and into the kitchen. I opened my mom’s laptop, searched “mlb scores," covered up the score with my left hand so I didn’t know who won, clicked on the 7 minute highlight video, and watched nervously. And lo and behold, in the bottom of the 11th inning, Edwin Encarnación drilled a walk-off three run blast off a meatball from Ubaldo Jimenez to sink the Orioles 5-2.
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Yes, the Baltimore Orioles Just Won 101 Games
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It’s about 6:15 in the morning on October 4th, 2016. My dad had (unforgivably) sent me to bed after 4 innings of the Orioles vs Blue Jays wild card game. I had gone to sleep feeling anxious, but hopeful that my O’s could exit the hostile Rogers Centre environment with a W and a ticket to play the Texas Rangers in the AL Divisional Round; After all, Mark Trumbo had hit a two-run shot down the left field line to put us up 2-1, just minutes before I heard the dreaded “alright pal, time to head upstairs.” My legs shook as I crept downstairs and into the kitchen. I opened my mom’s laptop, searched “mlb scores," covered up the score with my left hand so I didn’t know who won, clicked on the 7 minute highlight video, and watched nervously. And lo and behold, in the bottom of the 11th inning, Edwin Encarnación drilled a walk-off three run blast off a meatball from Ubaldo Jimenez to sink the Orioles 5-2.