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06/20 00:25 CDT A ninth-inning throwing error lifts the Dodgers past the
Orioles 6-5
A ninth-inning throwing error lifts the Dodgers past the Orioles 6-5
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Dalton Rushing singled and a throwing error by Tyler
O'Neill in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Los Angeles Dodgers rally
past the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night in the series opener.
With two outs and two strikes, Rushing got his first hit in five at-bats.
Pinch-runner Alex Call and Ryan Ward scored on right fielder O'Neill's error
after he had entered as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the seventh.
Mookie Betts hit a solo shot off closer Ryan Helsley (0-3) earlier in the ninth
that pulled the Dodgers to 5-4. Helsley blew his first save of the season.
Blake Treinen (4-1) pitched the ninth to get the win in relief. The Dodgers won
their fourth in a row.
Jeremiah Jackson hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh after
consecutive home runs by Gunnar Henderson and Pete Alonso chased Los Angeles
starter Roki Sasaki to give Baltimore a 5-3 lead.
The Orioles couldn't do anything against Sasaki over the first 5 2/3 innings
while trailing 3-0.
But they broke through on Henderson's towering two-run shot to right and
Alonso's solo shot to left that tied it at 3 with two outs in the sixth.
Colton Cowser and Coby Mayo singled back-to-back off reliever Will Klein to
open the seventh. Holliday walked to load the bases before Jackson's soft line
drive found an open hole on the right side, scoring Cowser and Mayo for a 5-3
lead.
Orioles designated hitter Taylor Ward singled leading off the game and got
thrown out trying to stretch it into a double on a pinpoint throw by center
fielder Andy Pages.
Sasaki then retired his next 13 consecutive batters. The Orioles didn't have
another runner until Cowser walked with two outs in the fifth before Mayo flied
out to end the inning.
The Dodgers led 3-0 on Max Muncy's two-run, two-out single in the first and
Pages' two-out RBI double in the second.
Sasaki gave up three runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings and struck out six.
Orioles starter Trey Gibson allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings.
He struck out eight and walked four.
Up next
Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (3-7, 5.86 ERA) starts Saturday against Dodgers RHP
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4, 2.52).
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