Cowser's walk‑off homer gives Orioles 9‑7 win over Rays

Colton Cowser delivered a second consecutive walk-off home run, this time a two-run shot in the 13th inning, to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 9-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday afternoon at Camden Yards. The dramatic win capped a back-and-forth contest where the Orioles rallied three separate times in extra innings.

After Cedric Mullins, playing his first game in Baltimore as a visitor, singled in a run and Nick Fortes added a sacrifice fly to give Tampa Bay a 7-5 lead in the top of the 13th, the Orioles mounted their final comeback. Leody Taveras led off the bottom half with a run-scoring double, and Jackson Holliday’s sacrifice fly tied the game. Cowser then connected on a 3-2 pitch from Jesse Scholtens, sending it into the right-center field seats.

The game featured multiple lead changes in the extra frames. Victor Mesa Jr., playing in his first major league game of the year for the Rays, hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning to give Tampa Bay a 4-2 advantage. Baltimore answered with a run on a throwing error and an RBI single from Jeremiah Jackson to tie it. In the 12th, Jonathan Aranda’s sacrifice fly put the Rays ahead, but the Orioles tied it again on a...