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05/25 17:49 CDT Cowser hits 2nd game-winning HR in 2 days, giving the Orioles a
9-7 win over the Rays in 13 innings
Cowser hits 2nd game-winning HR in 2 days, giving the Orioles a 9-7 win over
the Rays in 13 innings
By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Colton Cowser hit a two-run game-winning homer in the 13th
inning --- his second walk-off shot in as many days --- to give the Baltimore
Orioles a 9-7 win over the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
Cowser's 425-foot blast off Jesse Scholtens (5-3) was just his third homer of
the season and punctuated a wild victory in which the Orioles rallied three
times in extra innings. Cowser becomes Baltimore's first player to hit walk-off
homers on consecutive days since Fred Lynn on May 10-11, 1985, according to the
Elias Sports Bureau.
Pete Alonso and Jeremiah Jackson each singled in a run to tie it at 4-all in
the 11th. Cowser scored the game-tying run to make it 5-all in the 12th on
Gunnar Henderson's grounder to first, a sequence originally called an out by
plate umpire Ryan Additon before a replay challenge showed the sliding Cowser
snuck an arm under Nick Fortes' tag.
Then, Leody Taveras doubled and Jackson Holliday hit a sacrifice fly to tie it
a 7 in the 13th, setting up Cowser's drive that landed in the seats in
right-center, mirroring his game-winning homer in Sunday's 5-3 victory over
Detroit in the first game of a doubleheader.
Jonathan Aranda hit his ninth home run in the sixth and added a sacrifice fly
in the 12th for the Rays, who lost consecutive games for the first time since
dropping three straight April 19-21 in their second 13-inning game --- and
first such loss ---this season.
Victor Mesa Jr. hit his second career home run, a two-run shot in the 12th
inning of his Tampa Bay debut. And, Cedric Mullins and Richie Palacios each
singled in the top of the 13th off Dietrich Enns (3-0).
Mullins received an approximately 10-second standing ovation while in the
on-deck circle in the second inning. It was his first game in Baltimore as
visitor after playing with the Orioles from 2018-25.
Up next
Orioles right-hander Shane Baz (1-5, 4.87 ERA) face Rays RHP Griffin Jax (1-2,
3.54) on Tuesday.
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