The Orioles made history in one good way this year.

Steve Wilkerson, Baltimore’s center fielder, became the first position player in baseball history to earn a save on Thursday night with a 1-2-3 16th inning to get the Orioles a 10-8 win over the Angels.

Wilkerson was showered in beer postgame, a worthy celebration after getting an Albert Pujols flyout to end the game.

“I don’t think I’ve wrapped my head around it yet,” Wilkerson told reporters. “It was a wild game. It was crazy. I’m just glad I was a part of it.”

The game was a six-hour marathon that included a potential winning run being thrown out in the 15th before Jonathan Villar put the Orioles up with a two-run homer in the 16th. For the Orioles, who hold an abysmal 33-69 record, it was a rare highlight.

“I think that was the best day of the year for us,” Villar said.

And for Wilkerson, it puts his name in the history books.