After nine innings of excellent pitching, the Orioles’ bullpen fell apart in extra innings, giving up six runs in the 10th to hand the Yankees a 7-1 win.

After Kade Strowd struck out the side for the O’s in the 9th, interim manager Tony Mansolino decided to stick with Strowd in the 10th against the heart of the Yankees lineup. Strowd responded by walking Aaron Judge and giving up a single to Cody Bellinger to load the bases. Mansolino then pulled Strowd in favor of Keegan Akin, which only fueled the Yankees’ burgeoning fire.

After getting ahead of Ben Rice 1-2, Akin left a fastball over the middle of the plate, and Rice smashed the ball into the center-field bleachers for a game-breaking grand slam. Two batters later, Jazz Chisolm Jr. launched a solo HR onto the flag court to balloon the

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