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After Nelson Cruz hit a game-tying grand slam, the Orioles needed to wait through a 1-hour, 9-minute rain delay after the ninth inning. In the 12th, David Lough scored the game-winning run.

Their offense wasn't afforded a bailout similar to the previous night -- although it came close -- Tuesday in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox in front of an announced 20,596 at Camden Yards.

One night after Camden Yards was transformed into a slipping, sliding mud bowl by heavy rainstorms, the Orioles played one of their crispest games of the season on a pleasant baseball Tuesday evening in Baltimore.