Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson lauded the club's fans who stayed in Baltimore until the end of the game, even after a 71-minute rain delay in extra innings, to watch the Phillies outlast the Orioles on Friday night.
No one would have blamed Philadelphia Phillies fans if they left Camden Yards when the skies opened up before the top of the 11th inning and a 71-minute rain delay ensued during the club's 5—3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. In fact, a majority of the sell-out crowd of 43,987 fans headed for the exits when the rains came.
But a contingent of Phillies fans waited out the late rain delay, which ultimately saw the game resume shortly after 11:00 p.m. ET, staying—in an opposing team's ballpark no less—to watch a game that, at the time, could have gone either way."So first of all, I just want to say, we've got the greatest fans in the world," Thomson said. "Those people who stayed to the end, that was really cool. Our guys really appreciated it.
The Phillies fans could be heard loud and clear, especially when third baseman Alec Bohm lined a two-run double into left field to score the go-ahead runs, and then again when relief pitcher Seranthony Dominguez struck out Orioles outfielder Kyle Stowers to end the game."We've been on this long road trip," Thomson said. "You know, they show up to Boston, they show up here. They stay through a rain delay. Yeah, just tells me a lot about our fanbase.
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