The Chesapeake Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles dropped the series finale to the Somerset Patriots, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, in a 5-2 final Sunday.
Chesapeake (17-27) had a late comeback effort on a seventh-inning two-run home run by Griff O’Ferrall. Trailing by three, Baysox had the game-tying run scheduled to bat in the ninth inning but were retired in order by Somerset’s Michael Arias (S, 1).
The Patriots took an early lead against the Baysox and lefty starter Luis De León (L, 1-3). Somerset took its lead on a Jace Avina two-run single in the second inning, the only couple runs De León gave up…