Orioles 3, Nationals 2
BALTIMORE -- Jonathan Schoop hit a solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off right-hander Tanner Roark to give the Baltimore Orioles a walk-off 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Schoop lined a homer to left field on a 2-2 pitch from Roark (4-4) for the first walk-off homer of his young career.
The Orioles (44-42) snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the first time in 2015 when trailing after seven innings. They were 0-36 before that.
Orioles closer Zach Britton (1-0) picked up the victory after a scoreless ninth.
The Nationals (46-39) scored twice in the fifth to take a 2-1 lead, which they held until Baltimore tied it in the eighth.
Orioles pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee led off the eighth with an infield single against right-hander Casey Janssen. Two batters later, Parmelee scored from first when catcher Matt Wieters doubled on the first pitch from left-hander Matt Thornton.
The Orioles took a 1-0 lead when center fielder Adam Jones homered to start the bottom of the fourth. He crushed the first pitch from Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez halfway up the lower deck in left field.
Washington answered in the top of the fifth. Baltimore starter Chris Tillman gave up back-to-back singles to start the inning and nearly escaped trouble when catcher Jose Lobaton grounded into a double play.
Still, left fielder Clint Robinson made it to third on the double play and he scored when first baseman Tyler Moore lined his two-out double to right. Center fielder Michael Taylor followed with a single to left that scored Moore for a 2-1 lead.
NOTES: Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed before Friday's game that RHP Miguel Gonzalez and LHP Wei-Yin Chen will start the final two games of the series against the Nationals. ... Showalter also said the Orioles probably won't make roster moves like sending a veteran starting pitcher down (as they did with Chen earlier) to bring up some extra help. The roster that plays Friday should be the one that goes through the series. ... RHP Jordan Zimmerman was placed on the paternity list before Friday's game as his wife gave birth to a baby girl early Friday morning. But Washington manager Matt Williams said Zimmerman will return to start the second game of the series on Saturday. Williams won't yet commit to a starter for Sunday. ... CF Denard Span was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 7 (back tightness), but results of his MRI and a visit to a specialist found no structural damage. The Nationals are hoping he'll be back when the DL stint ends.