In the fifth inning of Friday night’s game in Boston, the (then) last-place Red Sox took a 4-3 lead over the (then) second-place Orioles. It was the last time the (still) last-place Sox would have a lead over the (now) first-place O’s during the weekend’s marathon three-game set.

Approximately 42 hours after the Sox took that lead, the Orioles bullpen had thrown 22.2 innings (two of which were ironically pitched by their designated hitter) and allowed just one run. And with a three-game sweep of the Red Sox, a team most people assumed would be terrible this year, had the best record baseball.