Orioles walk off on hit by pitch
Jorge Mateo limped to first base when Matt Moore hit him near the left knee with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles reached the season’s halfway point by coming from behind late to beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 on Monday in Baltimore.
Rookie Adley Rutschman, who began the day in an 0-for-18 skid, tied the score against Joe Barlow with a two-out RBI double in the ninth that hit off the right-field wall.
Rougned Odor led off the 10th with a bunt single off Moore (3-1) that advanced automatic runner Austin Hays to third, and Moore intentionally walked Ramón Urías to load the bases.
Moore (3-1) then hit Mateo with his next pitch, a 93.5-mph fastball.
Mateo bent over in pain for about six seconds. After crossing the plate, Hays accompanied a hobbling Mateo to first along with Cedric Mullins, who was on deck,
and Odor.
Baltimore got its sixth walkoff win and reached the season’s midpoint at 37-44, a vast improvement from 27-54 at the halfway point last year.
The Orioles are 23-20 following
a 14-24 start.
Orioles starter Dean Kremer allowed five runs and eight hits with four strikeouts and two walks over 4 ⅔ innings — his shortest outing since his season debut on June 5.
Marlins 3, Nationals 2: Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer off the foul pole in the 10th inning to keep Miami’s domination of Washington going in Washington.
The Marlins won by beating the Nationals for the 12th time in 13 games this year, including seven in a row.
Washington’s Patrick Corbin made quick work of the Marlins for much of his seven innings, scattering eight hits and striking out four with one walk.