Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied against Colorado’s struggling bullpen Friday night to pull out a 5-4 victory and lengthen their lead in the AL East.
Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays homered for the Orioles, who moved three games in front of Tampa Bay, which lost to the Yankees.
Colorado arrived in Baltimore after dropping four straight games, all in which it was tied or held the lead in the eighth inning. The last three of those defeats came against the Rays, who won each game in their last at-bat.The trend continued in this game. After Kyle Freeland pitched six innings and left with a 4-3 lead, Jake Bird worked a scoreless seventh.
Colorado has lost five straight when tied or leading in the eighth inning, the first time that’s happened in the big leagues since the Montreal Expos did it in 1970.Mountcastle gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead with a homer that was anything but ordinary. His drive to right struck the top of the wall, and Mountcastle hustled to third base before coming home on a wild throw.
Colorado went up 4-2 in the fifth when Charlie Blackmon drew a walk on a 12-pitch at-bat and Ezequiel Tovar followed with his 15th homer.
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