MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles rebounded after wasting a six-run lead to beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Thursday for their third win in 11 games.
AL East-leading Baltimore (61-41) avoided getting swept in the three-game series against the NL-worst Marlins (37-66).
Anthony Santander hit his 28th homer, and Colton Cowser and Connor Norby also went deep against Roddery Muñoz as the Orioles built a 6-0 lead by the fourth inning.
Josh Bell hit a solo homer in the sixth, and Miami closed to 6-3 in the eighth when Xavier Edwards hit an RBI single and scored on Bryan De La Cruz’s double.
Craig Kimbrel blew a save for the fifth time in 28 chances after a one-out single and a pair of walks. Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove in a run with a grounder that shortstop Gunnar Henderson bobbled for an error. Edwards hit a sacrifice fly and Bell followed with a tying single.
Yennier Cano (4-2) struck out De La Cruz to strand runners at second and third.
Santander’s single against Calvin Faucher (2-2) advanced automatic runner Jordan Westburg to third in the 10th. After Faucher struck out Ryan O’Hearn, Mountcastle singled to right.
Cionel Pérez struck out two in a perfect 10th for his second save.
Baltimore raised its major league-leading home run total to 160.
“Every single game in the homestand the guys gave it their all,” said Marlins manager Skip Schumaker, whose club is 4-3 since the All-Star break. “They played hard and played the game the right way.”
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