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Holliday finally gives O's first walk-off win

ORIOLES 4, MARINERS 3

BY JACOB CALVIN MEYER

BALTIMORE - That the Baltimore Orioles went their first 119 games without a walk-off win embodied how disappointing this season has been.

It might be all but over, but at least the season's 120th game featured the most enthralling kind of win a team can achieve.

After the bullpen squandered another save, Jackson Holliday sent the small crowd at Camden Yards - and a dugout filled with players who have yearned for a moment like this - into pandemonium with a walk-off double to propel Baltimore to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

With two outs in the ninth, Holliday smacked a line drive down the right field line off Mariners reliever Matt Brash. Seattle right fielder Dylan Moore was shaded toward center field, allowing Dylan Carlson who had reached on a two-out single, to score easily. Players in the dugout rushed onto the field to celebrate with Holliday at second base.

After a rain delay that lasted 1 hour 40 minutes, the Orioles' Trevor Rogers was his usual self, cruising through the first six innings without the Mariners even threatening to score. The lone run he allowed was partially caused by his defense. Greg Allen misplayed a ball off the center field wall to turn Julio Rodriguez's double into a triple. With one out, Rogers induced a hard grounder from Josh Naylor, but Holliday couldn't make the tough play at second base as the ball rolled into the outfield to put Seattle up 1-0.

Rogers entered with sparkling numbers - a 1.44 ERA and a .168 batting average against - and managed to lower both figures.

Baltimore Sun