The Orioles had this one tied late, then everything unraveled.
Baltimore dropped its third straight game and the first two games of the Yankees series at Camden Yards, falling 5-3 after a brutal eighth-inning breakdown. Cam Sanders lost command in a tie game, hitting two Yankees and walking another before Yennier Cano inherited a bases-loaded, two-out mess. A perfectly placed infield chopper and a wild splitter later, the O’s suddenly trailed by two.
Luke Slabaugh breaks down the Orioles’ late-game collapse, including:
Why the eighth inning felt like the Orioles losing focus at the worst possible time
Cam Sanders’ command issues and the costly bases-loaded sequence
The George Lombard Jr. infield hit that put New York ahead
Yohel Pozo’s wild-pitch sequence that allowed the insurance run
Pete Alonso’s controversial seventh-inning foul-ball review and why it changed the game
Chris Bassitt settling in after a shaky start to give Baltimore a chance
Opposite-field homers from Pete A...
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