It’s not often that the Orioles play in a ballpark and city for the first time in franchise history, but they’ll have that honor this weekend when they take on the No City Athletics in Sacramento. The A’s are spending the next three seasons at Sutter Health Park in California’s capital as they await the completion of their new stadium in Las Vegas. The park is the normal home of the Sacramento River Cats, the A’s former Triple-A affiliate and current top farm team of the Giants.
Not only will this be the first time the O’s play in Sacramento as big leaguers, but the first time any of them play in Triple-A’s second-largest park. Baltimore’s Triple-A team in Norfolk plays in the International League, while the River Cats play in the Pacific Coast League. Triple-A doesn’t do interleague play