Of course, while winning 101 games and the team's first American League East title since 2014 was nice last year, things did not end the way anyone wanted them to following a 3-0

The reaction to the last out was subdued out of necessity.A fly ball sealed the Orioles' 5-3 win over the Yankees and players lined up for the traditional congratulatory handshake line. They didn't know whether they made the postseason for a second year in a row.

The Baltimore Orioles are headed to the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since the 1990s, clinching no worse than a wild-card berth with a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees paired with