On the eve of October, the standing-room-only crowd at Camden Yards on Saturday night gave a glimpse of what this ballpark could look like — and sound like — in the very near future.
They rooted on relish in the condiment race. They praised right-hander Kyle Gibson for navigating traffic throughout his five scoreless innings. They begged for offense and erupted when it came in the
form of Ryan Mountcastle’s run-scoring double with two outs in the seventh inning.
In the end, the energy from the 43,150 fans — the fourth-largest home crowd for an Orioles game this season — was enough to prod Baltimore to a 5-2 victory against the Boston Red Sox in the penultimate game of the year.