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07/26 16:29 CDT Braves let Orioles tie it, then Atlanta escapes a bases-loaded
jam in 10th before winning 3-2 in 11
Braves let Orioles tie it, then Atlanta escapes a bases-loaded jam in 10th
before winning 3-2 in 11
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Matt Olson caught Gunnar Henderson's line drive and stepped
on first for an improbable double play in the bottom of the 10th, and Austin
Riley's RBI double an inning later lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory
over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Every game in this series was decided by a run, with the Braves winning Friday
and Sunday in extra innings and the Orioles managing a walk-off victory
Saturday. The finale went to extra innings thanks largely to an error by
Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies, but Baltimore loaded the bases in the 10th
with the score 2-all and couldn't win it.
Henderson has had a nightmare of a 2026 season, playing poorly while also
having bad luck at times. He hammered a line drive right at first base, where
Olson could catch it and step on the bag almost in one motion as runner Pete
Alonso frantically tried to dive back.
Replays showed the play was extremely close, but the double play stood. Then
Taylor Ward --- who left the winning run at third in the ninth inning in
Friday's loss --- popped out.
After Riley put Atlanta ahead with his double off Andrew Kittredge (1-3), the
Braves wasted their own bases-loaded situation when Albies hit a one-out popup
and Olson hit a flyout. But Tyler Kinley (6-4) held on in the bottom of the
11th.
With men on first and second and two outs, the Braves intentionally walked
Jackson Holliday, which loaded the bases and put the winning run in scoring
position --- but also forced catcher Sam Huff to bat. Baltimore's two
power-hitting catchers --- Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo --- are both on
the injured list, and Huff and Chadwick Tromp have provided virtually nothing
offensively in their absence.
Tromp had already come out of the game, and the Orioles were out of bench
players. So Huff grounded out to third, lowering his average to .121 on the
season.
Atlanta led 2-0 in the eighth before Alonso's solo homer. Then Raisel Iglesias
blew just his second save in 23 chances this season. Albies let a one-out
grounder through his legs, leaving men on first and third with one out in the
ninth. Then Holliday hit a sharp grounder, but Albies made a terrific diving
stop. The tying run scored, but Albies threw to first for the second out, and
the Braves were able to get the game to extra innings.
Up next
Atlanta heads to New York to face the Mets. Martn Perez (6-6) starts for the
Braves on Monday night against Zac Thornton (1-1).
The Orioles are at Detroit. Kyle Bradish (7-9) takes the mound Monday night
against Keider Montero (7-5) of the Tigers.
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