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Baltimore Orioles 8 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Orioles 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 13 0
Cardinals 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 11 0
T9 BAL 8- 7 Encarnacion-Strand doubled to center, Vazquez
scored.
B5 STL 7- 7 Fermin grounded out to shortstop, Church
scored.
B5 STL 7- 6 Church doubled to left, Burleson scored and
Walker scored.
B5 STL 7- 4 Walker doubled to left, Herrera scored,
Burleson to third.
B5 STL 7- 3 Burleson singled to center, Torres scored and
Wetherholt scored, Herrera to second.
B2 STL 7- 1 Gorman homered to right center (413 feet).
T2 BAL 7- 0 Alonso homered to right (369 feet), Narvaez
scored.
T1 BAL 5- 0 Taveras homered to right center (391 feet),
Encarnacion-Strand scored and Beavers scored.
T1 BAL 2- 0 Beavers singled to right, Basallo scored,
Encarnacion-Strand to second.
T1 BAL 1- 0 Encarnacion-Strand singled to right, Henderson
scored, Basallo to third.
Encarnacion-Strand hits tiebreaking RBI double in the 9th as Orioles outlast Cardinals 8-7
ST. LOUIS -- Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a tiebreaking RBI double, Leody Taveras and Pete Alonso homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 on Wednesday night after squandering a seven-run, second-inning lead.
Encarnacion-Strand's double in the top of the ninth scored Luis Vazquez, helping the Orioles (65-68) stay within 2 1/2 games of the Cleveland Guardians in the race for the final American League wild-card spot.
Encarnacion-Strand and Dylan Beavers opened the scoring with RBI singles before Taveras' three-run homer extended the lead to 5-0 in the first inning. Alonso followed in the second with his team-leading 32nd home run of the year a two-run, 368-foot long ball to right field.
Grant Wolfram (5-2) worked a hitless eighth inning, and Andrew Kittredge picked up his seventh save of the season with a one-hit ninth as Baltimore took the first two games of the three-game set.
Baltimore starter Kyle Bradish allowed seven runs on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Five relievers worked 4 2/3 scoreless innings.
Nolan Gorman hit a solo homer in the second for St. Louis, which scored six runs in the fifth inning. Alec Burson started the comeback with a two-run single, Jordan Walker tacked on an RBI double and Nathan Church had a two-run double to bring St. Louis within a run. Jose Fermin tied the game at 7 with an RBI groundout.
Riley OBrien (3-6), who has 33 saves this season, allowed the go-ahead run. Michael McGreevy worked five innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits while striking out three for St. Louis.
Orioles' LHP Trevor Rogers (9-8, 4.14 ERA) takes the mound for the series finale on Thursday. The Cardinals have not named a starter.
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