Pirates upend O’s on wild final play
Henderson’s errant throw after great stop costs Orioles
Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson made a diving stop near second base on Edward Oliveras’ grounder in a try for a game-ending double play, then threw wildly past first for an error as two runs scored and gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory over the Orioles on Sunday.
The Pirates improved to 8-2 for the first time since 2018.
Baltimore led 2-1 when the Pirates loaded the bases on Yennier Cano (1-1) on singles by Ke’Bryan Hayes and Jack Suwinski, followed by Connor Joe’s walk.
Rowdy Tellez hit a soft grounder to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, and umpire Dan Iassogna ruled Hayes beat his throw home, only for the call to be changed to a forceout in a video review.
Oliveras hit a sharp grounder to the up the middle that Henderson gloved with a spectacular dive, and his momentum carried him into second.
He tagged the base with his glove as Tellez went into the base standing up, and Henderson hooked his throw around the runner and to the outfield side of Mountcastle as Suwinski and Joe scored.
“You can’t blame Gunnar,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Not many people get to that ball.”
Henderson said, “I usually make that play 99 times out of 100, and it just so happens that the throw got away from me right there. That was pretty unfortunate.”
Nationals 3, Phillies 2: MacKenzie Gore pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning, and Washington avoided a series sweep at home.
Lane Thomas stole three bases and scored the go-ahead run as Washington stopped a three-game slide. Thomas, Joey Meneses and Ildemaro Vargas each had two hits.
Gore (1-0) allowed two runs in 5 ⅔ innings to defeat Philadelphia for the first time in six career outings against the Phillies.
Athletics 7, Tigers 1: Former Virginia Cavaliers star Zack Gelof had four hits, including a three-run homer, and drove in four runs to help Oakland win in Detroit.
Gelof hit an RBI triple in the first and scored on JJ Bleday’s single. He connected for his first homer of the season in the second against Jack Flaherty. He also had two singles.