Zach Britton blew a save opportunity Wednesday night by allowing a two-run homer to Kyle Seager, just five days after allowing four runs in the ninth against Atlanta.
Just as it seemed as if one big swing in the eighth inning from beleaguered first baseman Chris Davis had erased the sting of a letdown start from Alex Cobb, closer Zach Britton allowed a rare home run to level the game at seven in the ninth.
Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner used a quarter of his pitches Monday against the Mariners to get out of an uncharacteristically wild second inning, but still recorded a quality start.
"Just trying to mess with the timing of the game,” Chance Sisco said of his ninth-inning bunt single. “He was kind of going through the lineup. Just trying to do what I can to get on base."
Third baseman Manny Machado and first baseman Chris Davis were named finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, given annually to the league’s best fielders.
The Orioles tied the game with three runs in the eighth on back-to-back homers by Adam Jones and Chris Davis, but ultimately lost to the Mariners 6-5 in 10 innings on Austin Jackson¿s bases-loaded walk-off single in front of an announced 24,863 at Safeco Field.
Once play resumed in the bottom of the third, the Orioles bullpen couldn¿t preserve a three-run lead, and the Orioles needed a two-out RBI single from J.J. Hardy in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory.
After missing his last scheduled start with lower back spasms, Chris Tillman had his return to the Orioles rotation cut short by the rain but reported no physical issues after his three-inning outing.
It is currently steadily raining at Camden Yards and the tarp is still on the field less than one hour before the Orioles are slated to play their series finale against the Seattle Mariners this afternoon.
The Orioles just finished a grueling 10-game road trip against three powers of the American League West with a 6-4 record and series wins in Anaheim and Seattle.
Designated hitter Nelson Cruz and center fielder Adam Jones, the Orioles' two representatives who played in the All-Star Game on Tuesday at Target Field in Minneapolis, had similar results in each of their two at-bats during the annual event.
Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta, who was called up from Triple-A Norfolk on Friday to provide bullpen depth, will start tonight against the Tigers in Detroit in place of right-hander Jason Hammel.
Exactly 23 years to the day that Dave Johnson notched his first big league victory at Memorial Stadium for his hometown Orioles, his 24-year-old son Steve got his first major league victory.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said left hander Zach Britton was optioned not based on performance but because the club needed to call up right-hander Steve Johnson to start Wednesday's game.
Adam Jones' bases-loaded single in the 14th inning Tuesday night capped a four-hour, 55-minute test of survival, giving the Orioles their 12th straight extra-inning win, 8-7, over the Seattle Mariners.
he 26-year-old held the Mariners hitless for 6 1/3 innings before giving up a solo homer to Seattle left fielder Casper Wells, a former Towson University standout. But watching Seattle break up Chen¿s bid for a perfect game couldn¿t compare to watching the Orioles bullpen nearly give away the game.
