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Pirates battle back to walk off Orioles in 9th, Nick Yorke the hero off bench
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This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW .
Nick Yorke didn’t enter the game until the bottom of the eight inning but delivered a walk-off double in the ninth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday evening.
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Scoring Plays
To 4th, 2-0 BAL: The Orioles (3-5) sent eight men to the plate and plated a pair of runs against Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski . Dylan Beavers and Leody Taveras each recorded RBI singles.
Bottom 4th, 2-1 BAL: The Pirates (5-3) got on the board on Spencer Horwitz ’s sac fly to left field off right-hander Shane Baz .
Bottom 8th, 2-2: With runners on the corners and two outs, pinch-hitter Jake Mangum grounded a ball weakly to the right of the pitcher’s mound. Orioles right-hander Anthony Nunez was unable to handle the ball for a game-tying RBI single.
Bottom 9th, 3-2 PIT : Bryan Reynolds doubled off Ryan Helsley (0-1) and Ryan O’Hearn was intentionally walked. Nick Yorke, who pinch ran for Marcell Ozuna in the eighth inning, delivered the walk-off blow with an RBI double.
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