Means tried to shake his arm out between pitches, and the Orioles were intending to end his start after the third inning regardless of a rain delay that stopped the game.
The lineup that Ryan Fuller, the Orioles’ co-hitting coach, helps guide is one of the most powerful and dynamic in all of baseball, with a set of ascendant young stars leading the way.
“I think watching young players be comfortable and really come into who they are on and off the field is something that I will remember from that team,” he said.
The Orioles took the series opener with a five-run first inning off right-hander Bryce Miller and then burst out for four more runs in the seventh inning.
There are more supporters for a challenge system, in which a pitcher or hitter can use one of the team’s three challenges per game to call for a replay review of the pitch.