In the heat of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, which will forever be remembered as bringing top pick and potential generational prospect Adley Rutschman into the Orioles' organization, the major league club built to survive this season and ideally earn next year's top pick for their troubles managed to avoid a loss toward that end in a manner only they could.
The Orioles got three home runs from catcher Pedro Severino and six RBIs for left fielder Dwight Smith Jr. — both career highs — and nearly watched their seven-run, ninth-inning lead disappear in a tense, 12-11 win over the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park Tuesday.