For the second consecutive game, the Orioles found themselves trailing by two against a prominent closer from an American League contender. Baltimore needed extra innings against the Rays on Sunday, but the Birds elected to take care of business in nine tonight.
Cedric Mullins stole the lead with a three-run homer in the top of the ninth, and Yennier Cano stranded the tying run at third base at the end of the game. Somehow, the Orioles managed to secure an 8-7 victory in a wacky, back-and-forth contest.
José Abreu and Martin Maldonado scored the sixth and seventh runs for Houston with solo homers, and the Orioles bullpen appeared to squander a two-run lead it received from John Means.