O’s walk off with wild 6-5 comeback win over Yankees

Cedric Mullins ripped a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of a wild ninth inning as the Baltimore Orioles pulled out a 6-5 victory against the visiting New York Yankees on Sunday, ending a five-game losing streak.The Orioles, who lead the American League East at the All-Star break, were down to their final out just moments after their one-run lead vanished. But Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe’s fielding error helped prolong the game, and Mullins, who entered the game earlier as a pinch runner, took advantage.Closer Clay Holmes (1-4), the Yankees’ fifth reliever, took the loss by giving up three unearned runs.Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander homered for the Orioles, who dodged a season-worst six-game skid. They went 1-5 on the homestand.Ben Rice drilled a three-run ninth-inning home run in the top of the ninth to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead, but the visitors were unable to complete the three-game series sweep. They were denied their first three-game winning streak since capturing four in a row from June 9-12.Rice’s sixth homer of the season came off Craig Kimbrel, who walked the first two batters in the ninth and then was dinged for runs for the first time in his last eight appearances.The Orioles didn’t exactly snap out of their offensive doldrums, but they scored more than two runs for the first time in six games. They had managed two runs in their previous two games combined after they were shutout victims in the two games before that.The top six players in New York’s batting order went a combined 1-for-18 with three walks before Rice delivered.Yankees starter Carlos Rodon went four innings, allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts. He threw 98 pitches, failing to reach the five-inning mark in consecutive starts for the first time this year.Kimbrel (6-2), who walked Grisham and Oswaldo Cabrera before giving up the home run, got the win.Orioles starter Dean Kremer lasted 4 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

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