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Orioles complete insane rally in late innings to defeat Diamondbacks

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 2 months ago

The Baltimore Orioles scored eight straight runs to complete a comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marte-ketel/bF1P3Th4/"]Ketel Marte[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arenado-nolan/lA3NHbnk/"]Nolan Arenado[/a] would give the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arizona-diamondbacks/8bP2bXmH/"]Diamondbacks[/a] a commanding [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/baseball/arizona-diamondbacks-8bP2bXmH/baltimore-orioles-EcZwBi3N/?mid=hEqjFnUI"]7-1[/a] lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning before the entire switch flipped on them.[/p][embed guid="a8f68242-5283-4ef6-a86c-cc405a593442" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ7IUm67lRI" social-type="youtube" /][p]After a one-out RBI single from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taveras-leody/rqJuY1YA/"]Leody Taveras[/a] that brought home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alonso-peter/rm73sLzC/"]Pete Alonso[/a] to make it 7-2, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cowser-colton/QD8Ro7n5/"]Colton Cowser[/a] would draw a walk to load the bases up. [/p][p]Infielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jackson-jeremiah/n9XJ2I8j/"]Jeremiah Jackson[/a], who hit a home run on Saturday, would launch a grand slam to bring the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-orioles/EcZwBi3N/"]Orioles[/a] within a run. Then, down 7-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning, superstar Pete Alonso would crank his second home run of the season that put the Orioles ahead 8-7. [/p][p]In fashion, Jackson would step up to the plate once more and launch his second home run of the game that would put the Orioles in the win column with a 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks as they now improve to 9-7 and sit atop the American League East division. [/p][embed guid="f6a9fc79-89b3-48b3-bfe6-f304c871d344" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsQ6qEhtSyU" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Diamondbacks fell to 9-8 on the season and have lost two of their last three games. They currently sit in third place in the National League West division. [/p][p]Game two of the three-game series between the D'Backs and Orioles will take place on April 14th, at 6:35 p.m. Eastern time.[/p]

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