Bases-loaded walk in 11th pushes Orioles past Rays
BALTIMORE -- Seth Smith drew a bases-loaded walk off Danny Farquhar with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
Tampa Bay (11-12) took a 4-3 lead in the top of 11th on a Jesus Sucre single off Alec Asher (1-0). The Orioles (14-6) then bounced right back with two runs in the bottom half.
Chris Davis started the inning with a single off Alex Colome (0-1). Welington Castillo added a one-out single that moved Davis to second. Hyun Soo Kim then walked to load the bases before Jonathan Schoop tied it with a sacrifice fly.
Ryan Flaherty walked to load the bases again, and Farquhar took over for Colome. Smith walked on four pitches to bring home Craig Gentry, who pinch-ran for Castillo.
Tampa Bay rallied from an early 3-0 deficit thanks to a pair of Tim Beckham solo homers -- his first multi-homer game -- and tied it when Brad Miller grounded into a force play in the eighth.
The Orioles wasted another strong start from Dylan Bundy, who gave up two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings.
The Orioles took an early lead with three runs in the second, the first coming on a Flaherty single and two more after that on a bizarre play.
Smith started things with a single to center, and Kevin Kiermaier's throw to third to get Flaherty went past Evan Longoria. Flaherty started for home and went back, but Cobb's throw back to third also was wild and went into left field. That brought in Flaherty and let Smith, who kept on running, come all the way around to score for a 3-0 lead.
Smith did not get an RBI on the play and Kiermaier and Cobb both were charged with errors.
Beckham cut the lead to 3-1 with a leadoff homer in the third. That was the first home run Bundy has given up in 33 1/3 innings, dating to 2016.
Beckham did it again in the fifth, hitting a homer to left and making it 3-2.
NOTES: Baltimore LHP Zach Britton (left forearm strain) threw a side session before the game, and if he feels all right, will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Bowie on Friday. He should be just a few days from coming back to the Orioles. ... Tampa Bay RHP Jake Odorizzi (strained left hamstring) threw a 65-pitch simulated game before the Wednesday game. He felt fine and said he would be ready to pitch on Monday against the Marlins.