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Jake Rill

@jakerill

Orioles beat reporter for MLB.com

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Final line for Orioles starter Kyle Bradish: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 4 K's. 94 pitches, 56 strikes. The 29-year-old RHP has a 1.72 ERA over his past 5 starts, lowering his season mark to 3.44. Bradish is very much back.

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Colton Cowser's 4th home run of the season -- and his 3rd in 8 days. This one wasn't a walk-off blast (like his previous 2), but this 3-run shot broke this game open. Orioles lead Blue Jays 6-0 in the bottom of the 3rd inning.

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A Polar Bear walk-off! The Orioles have done it! O's win 6-5 over Blue Jays, who took a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning. Quite a finish here.

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Jeremiah Jackson, right fielder. The Orioles have Jackson at a position other than 2nd base for the 1st time this season, and in the 4th inning, Jackson makes a diving catch to rob the Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho.

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Make it back-to-back home runs! Samuel Basallo goes deep for the Orioles' 3rd home run of the night. O's lead Blue Jays 5-0 in 5th.

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Pete Alonso's opposite-field power has been unreal this season, as he clubs another one to right-center field to extend the Orioles' lead over the Blue Jays to 4-0 in the 5th inning. 7 of his 11 homers this year have gone to the opposite field.

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Jackson Holliday's 2nd home run of the season is a 406-foot solo shot to the right-field flag court. Orioles lead Blue Jays 3-0 after 4 innings.

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Orioles left fielder Taylor Ward flashes the leather with an impressive diving catch to open the 3rd inning:

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Orioles RHP Cameron Weston begins his MLB career with a 3-pitch strikeout of the Blue Jays' Andrés Giménez.

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Coby Mayo continues to rake against left-handed pitching. His 6th home run of the season is a game-tying solo shot off Patrick Corbin in the bottom of the 4th inning. Orioles and Blue Jays tied at 1.

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Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman continues his terrific season behind the plate, nabbing Jesús Sánchez to end top of 2nd. Pop time of 1.82 seconds, per Statcast. Rutschman has thrown out 11 of 33 runners attempting to steal (33.3%). The right-knee-down stance continues to work.

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Have a night, Blaze Alexander! His 1st home run of the season makes it a career-high 6 RBIs. Orioles lead Rays 11-1 in the 7th inning.

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Quite a night for Gunnar Henderson. Home run in the 1st. Ridiculous throw on a defensive play in the 3rd. Another home run in the 6th. Orioles lead Rays 9-1 after Henderson leads off bottom of 6th with his 13th homer of the season.

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A solid showing tonight by Trey Gibson (Orioles' No. 4 prospect per MLB Pipeline), who exited to a standing ovation after a strong start vs. the AL-best Rays. 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K. 100 pitches, 57 strikes. The 24-year-old RHP is in line to earn his 1st MLB win.

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Blaze Alexander is 2-for-3 with a season-high 4 RBIs tonight, knocking a 2-run single in the 1st and a 2-run double in the 5th. The Orioles now lead the Rays 8-0.

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Tyler O'Neill extends the Orioles' lead over the Rays to 6-0 in the bottom of the 3rd inning. 2nd straight game with a hit for O'Neill, who collects his 8th RBI of the season (and 1st since May 16).

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Yeah, this was quite the inning-ending throw here by Gunnar Henderson to preserve the Orioles' 5-0 lead over the Rays:

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Gunnar Henderson's 12th home run of the season is a left-on-left blast off Steven Matz that landed in the right-field flag court. Orioles lead Rays 2-0.

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Unbelievable. Just unreal. Colton Cowser. Walk-off 2-run home run in the bottom of the 13th inning. Orioles win 9-7 over Rays. Cowser's 2nd career walk-off hit. (His 1st was yesterday.)

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Once again, Rays and Orioles are tied, this time at 5 in the bottom of the 12th inning. Colton Cowser was ruled safe on this Gunnar Henderson ground ball to 1st base after a replay review overturned the original out call.

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Orioles take a 2-1 lead over Rays. Taylor Ward knocked a 2-out single to right field in the 7th, and Victor Mesa Jr.'s throw to 3rd sailed over the head of Junior Caminero and out of play. Blaze Alexander came in to score the go-ahead run.

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1st home run of the 2026 season for Heston Kjerstad, who hit an opposite-field solo shot to left field in his rehab game for Triple-A Norfolk tonight.

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Quite a catch here by Tigers rookie third baseman Kevin McGonigle, who snagged this 105.7 mph liner off the bat of the Orioles' Blaze Alexander to end the 2nd inning. Saved at least 1 run from scoring on the play.

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Watch the Orioles' first-base dugout here. Gunnar Henderson got out of there and onto the field FAST on Colton Cowser's walk-off 3-run home run. He was clearly amped up for his good friend.

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Gunnar Henderson left-on-left home run off Framber Valdez. 11th homer of the season for the Orioles' shortstop. O's cut Tigers' lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the 6th inning.

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A lot of the hype has been about Joseph Dzierwa and JT Quinn, but there's another pitcher from Orioles' 2025 Draft class off to a strong start. LHP Caden Hunter (6th-rounder) had 9 K's in 4 innings of 1-run ball today for Single-A Delmarva. The 22-year-old has a 1.17 ERA in 6 games.

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Pete Alonso has played a Gold Glove-caliber 1st base for the Orioles this season. However, he committed an error here, as it looked like he thought he could set up a double play. Instead, it gave the Tigers runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs in the 4th.

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Jackson Holliday was asked if he could hit another HR like tonight's if he tried. "I don't know if you guys remember, but [the day] when I hit my first home run, I hit a ball very similar to that and I thought that was a home run. So I think I have done it again." From 7/31/24:

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Jackson Holliday picked a good time for his 1st home run of the season. An opposite-field 2-run shot to left field that just snuck over the wall gave the Orioles a 6-4 lead over the Tigers in the bottom of the 4th inning.

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With 1 swing, the Orioles have a 3-2 lead. An Earl Weaver special from Pete Alonso swings the game in the bottom of the 3rd inning, as the Polar Bear goes deep off Tigers starter Jack Flaherty.

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Quite impressed tonight with RHP JT Quinn (Orioles’ No. 19 prospect per MLB Pipeline), who tossed 4 innings of 1-run ball with 6 strikeouts for High-A Frederick. Quinn (the No. 69 overall pick in 2025 MLB Draft) has a 2.97 ERA in 8 starts for the Keys this season.

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Here was the 1st-inning hit-by-pitch of Orioles prospect Ike Irish that prompted his removal from today's High-A Frederick game:

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This was the 1st time that Anthony Nunez has entered a game earlier than the 6th inning in his 20-game MLB career. The Orioles were aggressive here because they needed an out -- and Nunez got it for them, getting Luis García Jr. to strike out swinging on this changeup.

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The Orioles' 3rd home run of the day comes from Colton Cowser, who goes deep for the 1st time this season. O's lead Nationals 6-1 in the 4th inning. 113.3 mph exit velocity, per Statcast.

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Coby Mayo nearly homered yesterday, but the ball went just foul. This one easily stayed fair. Orioles lead Nationals 3-0 in the 2nd inning after Mayo's 5th home run of the season -- a 407-foot blast with an exit velocity of 112.7 mph, per Statcast.

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Gunnar Henderson with a monster home run here -- to the 3rd deck in right field at Nationals Park! His left-on-left blast off Richard Lovelady gives the Orioles an early 1-0 lead.

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Coby Mayo definitely thought this one was gone (and it sure sounded like it off the bat). Quite a bat flip here on the near-homer.

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Tyler O'Neill has been taking good ABs of late, and it's felt like he's been close. O'Neill follows Samuel Basallo's home run with one of his own -- 110.9 mph exit velocity, per Statcast. First time this year Orioles have hit back-to-back homers. They cut Nats' lead to 4-2.

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The Orioles will not be shut out for the 1st time today. Samuel Basallo leads off the 7th inning with his 6th home run of the season. O's cut Nationals lead to 4-1. 109.2 mph exit velocity (per Statcast) on this rocket off the 21-year-old's bat.

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Coby Mayo's 7th-inning single had an exit velocity of 116.5 mph, per Statcast. It's the highest exit velo on a batted ball by the 24-year-old in his 140-game MLB career. (Orioles couldn't capitalize as they left runners on 2nd and 3rd when Gunnar Henderson struck out.)

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Don't think Orioles' Adley Rutschman believed he got enough of this one. Yet, it carried and went over the wall (and over a jumping Spencer Jones, who is 6-foot-7).

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Adley Rutschman's bounce-back season continues. The Orioles catcher belts a 2-run home run in the 5th inning (his 6th homer of the year) to extend the lead over the Yankees to 5-0.

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A big-time pitch here by Kyle Bradish, who gets Anthony Volpe to swing and miss on a 3-2 curveball for a strikeout -- the final out of the top of the 5th. Yankees leave runners on the corners. Orioles' lead remains 3-0. Bradish has 7 curveball whiffs today.

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Yankees left-hander Max Fried is one of the best pitchers in baseball. However, Coby Mayo has had the southpaw's number. Mayo gives the Orioles a 1-0 lead with a 2-out RBI double in the 2nd inning. Mayo is now 5-for-10 (.500) with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs lifetime vs. Fried.

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Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman is 2-for-2 throwing out baserunners tonight (and 3-for-3 since the final play of last night's game). He is 9-for-27 (33.3% this season). His career-best percentage is 30.6% (11-for-36 as a rookie in 2022).

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Orioles' Jackson Holliday is 0-for-4 tonight at Triple-A Norfolk and is 0-for-10 through the first 4 games of his new rehab assignment. But Holliday made another clean defensive play at 3rd base in the 5th inning for a 5-3 putout.

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A nice 3-6-3 double play turned by Pete Alonso, who continues to play some of the best first-base defense of his career this year for the Orioles:

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Another clean play by third baseman Jackson Holliday at Triple-A Norfolk (though he was lined up closer to shortstop on this one with the shifted alignment).

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Jackson Holliday, third baseman. It didn't take long for the 22-year-old to get some action at the hot corner tonight in his return to Triple-A Norfolk on his 3rd rehab assignment for Orioles.

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A walk-off replay review as Orioles win 3-2 over Yankees. Adley Rutschman threw out José Caballero, who was trying to steal 2nd base with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning. Initially called safe. Call was overturned. Ballgame.

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Off the bat, it had looked like the Yankees' Ryan McMahon may have tied this game. But Orioles right fielder Tyler O'Neill made a nice jumping catch on the warning track to preserve a 3-2 lead while recording the 2nd out of the 9th.

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Coby Mayo stayed in after he got hurt at 2nd base earlier in the game. Now, Mayo gives the Orioles a 3-2 lead over the Yankees with a 3-run home run in the 7th inning. Quite a swing at Camden Yards!

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Dietrich Enns makes a barehanded(!) catch on this toss from Pete Alonso to help the Orioles escape the top of the 6th inning. Yankees (who lead 2-0) leave a runner on 3rd base.

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Full play here where Yankees' Max Schuemann landed on Orioles' Coby Mayo:

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A helluva throw here by Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras (93.7 mph) to throw out what would have been the game-tying run for the A's to end the top of the 7th. Hard collision at plate, but Samuel Basallo held on.

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Leading 2-1, the Orioles again had the bases loaded with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th inning. However, Blaze Alexander and Gunnar Henderson both struck out swinging to end the frame.

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Orioles' Gunnar Henderson is now 8-for-11 (.727) with 5 RBIs in his career against A's RHP Luis Severino after legging out this RBI infield single in the 3rd inning:

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“Grillz” is just as much of a banger now as it was in middle school.

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Nelly is putting on a terrific show here at Camden Yards. Sounds great — especially for being 51 years old.

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Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman is now hitting .333 with 9 doubles, 5 home runs, 21 RBIs and a 1.010 OPS in 24 games this season. The 28-year-old just continues to rake.

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5th home run of the season for Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, who cuts A's lead to 3-2 in bottom of 6th. The Statcast numbers: 100.9 mph exit velocity 401 feet 26-degree launch angle

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A season-high 9 strikeouts for Orioles starter Kyle Bradish, who has generated 14 whiffs vs. A's. His 8 curveball whiffs are his most in any of his 75 MLB starts. (Previous high was 7 on April 20 at Kansas City.)

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The Polar Bear is on fire. Orioles take a 1-0 lead over A's on Pete Alonso's solo home run in the 4th inning. His 8th of season (and his 4th in 8 games during May).

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Orioles starter Kyle Bradish has 6 curveball whiffs through 4 scoreless innings so far vs. A's tonight. He's already 1 curveball whiff shy of his season high. It's the 1st time he's had 6 curveball whiffs through the 1st 4 innings of a game in his 75-start MLB career.

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Gunnar Henderson draws a 10-pitch walk, which brought quite the aggressive bat toss (even by his own lofty standards)

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Orioles RHP Trey Gibson's 1st MLB strikeout: a swinging K of Yankees catcher Austin Wells in the 2nd inning. This was the "death ball" -- Gibson's gyro slider that has less horizontal movement and more vertical drop.

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