Orioles’ Cedric Mullins hits for the cycle against Pirates

BALTIMORE (AP) — Cedric Mullins hit for the cycle for Baltimore, and his three-run homer within the eighth inning helped the Orioles to a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night time.

Mullins hit a single within the third, a triple within the fifth and a double within the seventh earlier than finishing the cycle with a drive to proper in his remaining plate look. He turned the seventh Oriole to perform the feat and first since Austin Hays on June 22, 2022 towards Washington.

“You obviously know that you’re a single swing away from the cycle,” Mullins mentioned. “At the same time, you’re trying to get a job done and drive some runs in, and everything just kind of fell in line.”

After his dwelling run, Mullins acquired a standing ovation when he went again to his place in middle discipline for the highest of the ninth. His teammates stayed again, letting him take the sphere by himself.

“Just felt like he deserved that moment,” Hays mentioned. “It was a great atmosphere in the stadium too. There were a lot of people out there that could just share that moment with him as fans. I mean, that’s one of the coolest things you can see _ to complete it with a three-run homer, too.”

The Pirates have misplaced 10 of 11 since beginning the season 20-8, and so they twice blew a one-run lead on this sport. Up 2-1 within the seventh, Jose Hernandez (0-1) allowed consecutive doubles by Mullins and Adley Rutschman with one out. That tied the sport, and after Anthony Santander struck out, Ryan Mountcastle snuck a grounder up the center previous shortstop Rodolfo Castro for an RBI single.

Bryan Baker (3-0) pitched 1 1/3 excellent innings of aid, giving strategy to Austin Voth to begin the ninth after Mullins’ homer had put Baltimore up 6-2. Voth allowed all three of his hitters to succeed in _ together with Jack Suwinski on a run-scoring single. With males on first and third and no one out, Felix Bautista got here on and struck out three straight hitters for his ninth save in 12 possibilities.

Connor Joe homered for Pittsburgh within the seventh.

Kyle Bradish allowed three hits in six innings for Baltimore, hanging out six with one stroll. Ji Hwan Bae led off the third for the Pirates with an infield single when shortstop Jorge Mateo appeared to have bother getting a grip on the ball earlier than throwing to first.

After a wild pitch and a groundout, Pittsburgh had a person on third with one out. Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a grounder to Mateo, who had an opportunity to get Bae on the plate however threw wildly for an error.

Mountcastle led off the underside of the sixth with a triple when Joe couldn’t make a sliding catch of his fly ball within the right-field nook. After a stroll by Adam Frazier, Dauri Moreta changed Pittsburgh starter Johan Oviedo and struck out Hays.

Moreta, nevertheless, allowed the tying run to attain on a wild pitch. The ball bounced to catcher Austin Hedges’ proper, then caromed again to the left off Gunnar Henderson, the Baltimore batter. That triggered Hedges to have bother finding the errant pitch and gave Mountcastle sufficient time to attain.

Joe put the Pirates up 2-1 within the seventh when his drive to left stayed truthful for a solo homer.

TRANSACTION

The Orioles recalled left-hander Nick Vespi from Triple-A Norfolk.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde mentioned the timetable — two or three weeks — for INF Ramon Urias (left hamstring pressure) stays the identical. Urias has been exercising and getting remedy.

UP NEXT

Baltimore begins Tyler Wells (2-1) on Saturday night time towards Pittsburgh’s Roansy Contreras (3-3). Hyde will miss that sport due to his daughter’s commencement at Syracuse.