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Let’s set the scene: It’s the bottom of the 10th inning at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays are tied 6-6. The bases are full of O’s: Nick Markakis, Manny Machado and Adam Jones. Nobody’s out and cleanup hitter Matt Wieters is coming up. He’s got this, right?
Time for some strategy from the Rays. Manager Joe Maddon calls for a five-man infield, leaving two in the outfield. If the Rays can stop the run at the plate and finish the double-play at first, they might just get out of this. Brandon Gomes delivers the pitch for the Rays … and none of the strategy and none of the base runners even matter.
Wieters blasts a ball to right field that only fans are going to catch — a walk-off grand slam, the Orioles win 10-6 .
Yes, it’s more Orioles magic. Thursday makes 17 straight extra-inning games the O’s have won, the most since the Pirates won 21 straight in 1959-1960. While we’re rattling off dates: The walk-off grand slam was the first for an Oriole since 1999, when Harold Baines did it.
