“It just didn’t work out, that’s kind of the nature of the game in that sense," Mullins said of the 2025 Orioles. "Very talented group and I see it happen amongst other sports, really good group of guys can’t quite put it together when they need to.”
And even a two-hour, 18-minute delay forcing them to go to their bullpen for the last 3 2/3 innings didn’t ruin it as the Orioles beat the Mariners 5-3 Thursday to win the series at Camden Yards.
Mountcastle’s home run, plus Adley Rutschman’s two-run shot and Tomoyuki Sugano’s stellar seven-inning start, led the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Athletics.
They evened the series at Wrigley Field and perhaps more important breathed a sigh of relief after an emotional trade deadline that saw nearly all of their clubhouse leaders sent away.
“We always had the thought that we’d been in it for the long run,” Mullins said in March as he looked around an Orioles’ spring training clubhouse filled with unfamiliar faces.