Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss how Baltimore beat down Texas this weekend and how the roles have reversed since the last time the two met last October. Hear the full conversation on “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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The Orioles had a chance to complete the mop on Sunday night baseball, they couldn't quite do it.

But over these first three games, they seem to have a very, very strong, uh vendetta to make sure that people remembered, hey, um, whatever that happened in October last year, uh pretend like it didn't pretend like it didn't.

In the 2023 A L DS, the Texas Rangers were ready for the moment and the Baltimore Orioles were very, obviously not ready.

That was apparent in all that occurred in that very brief three game sweep by the impending champion Texas Rangers.

Uh, the Orioles now are much better than the Rangers who have underwhelmed thoroughly to this point in the season.

And the Rangers entered Camden yards on a four game losing streak and the Orioles took that four game losing streak and turned it into a set game losing streak winning the first three games in Camden yards.

The true topper, the true crowning moment was the Heston Kad grand slam on Saturday night, Orioles down a run, two out bases loaded in the middle of the game.

Just one of those home runs where it doesn't look like a homer off the bat and you don't know if it's going to get out.

And the anticipation of the will it go is almost better than the no doubt energy.

And that's what this was.

Paul Crests over the right center field wall Orioles take the lead in Camden yards, 44,000 people at Camden yards on Saturday night into a frenzy.

It was truly the type of moment that for Orioles fans, I don't want to say it made the rebuild worth it, but it, it helps to erase the pain and the just horrid play of 2018 to 2021.

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