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    Detroit Tigers beat Orioles 6-4 in 10th inning

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    BALTIMORE – The Detroit Tigers did their job in extra innings.

    Right-handed reliever Jason Foley allowed two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but was caught by his teammates in the top of the tenth inning.

    The Tigers again demonstrated their resilience on Saturday with a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the second of three games of the series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, scoring two runs in the 10th inning against right-handed reliever Yennier Cano.

    “What a game,” manager AJ Hinch said. “From start to finish, it was just an incredible back-and-forth. A low-scoring game, a lot of runners in the final period and a lot of big shots on our side, a great defensive play by (Trey) Sweeney, some well-timed hits and an incredible character win. I'm rarely at a loss for words, but I just rattled off everything I know about the game.”

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    With the win, the Tigers (81-74) climbed to half a game behind the Minnesota Twins and thus to the third and final place in the American League wild card race. The game between the Twins and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park was canceled on Saturday due to rain, and a day-night doubleheader was scheduled for Sunday.

    The Tigers secured their first undefeated season since 2016, when they finished 86-75 and 2½ games out of a wild-card spot.

    “It was pretty electric,” Sweeney said. “It kind of felt like a playoff atmosphere. That was one of the first times I've experienced anything like that, so it was pretty cool.”

    In the ninth inning, Foley loaded the bases against the first three batters: Heston Kjerstad (single), Emmanuel Rivera (single) and Jackson Holliday (walk).

    Gunnar Henderson was on the scene for the Orioles in the decisive period, turning Foley's changeup into a two-run double to right center field. The double tied the game at 4-4.

    The Tigers then replaced Foley with right-handed reliever Beau Brieske. The Orioles had two runners in scoring position and none out, but Cedric Mullins was thrown out on a groundout, Anthony Santander on a popout and Colton Cowser on a flyout.

    Brieske left both runners with three outs in a row, forcing extra innings, but after Santander's pop out, Sweeney sprinted from his shortstop position and made a diving catch in shallow left field that saved the game.

    “I knew if he went down, it was game over,” Sweeney said. “I just had to chase him.”

    The Tigers did their job in the 10th inning, scoring two runs on Riley Greene's RBI single and Zach McKinstry's sacrifice fly for a 6-4 lead.

    Brieske returned for the remainder of the 10th inning.

    He prevented the Orioles from scoring.

    “It was almost an out-of-body experience,” said Brieske. “The adrenaline was so high. I don't know if I've ever had that much. There was just a tunnel straight to the plate. Honestly, I didn't care. I just didn't care about the negative result. I wasn't scared.”

    An eighth inning with two runs

    The Tigers scored two runs in the eighth inning and took a 4-2 lead.

    There were three consecutive singles by Matt Vierling, Greene and Jake Rogers against left-handed reliever Cionel Pérez. The single by Rogers, who was filling in as a pinch hitter for Kerry Carpenter, bounced off the glove of second baseman Jackson Holliday and rolled into center field.

    Rogers' single gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

    The Orioles traded Pérez for right-handed reliever Seranthony Domíguez, and the Tigers brought in Colt Keith as a backup for Spencer Torkelson.

    Keith increased the Tigers' lead to 4-2 with a sacrifice fly.

    The Tigers squandered their one-run lead in the sixth inning when Rivera hit an RBI single to center on a two-strike slider against right-handed reliever Will Vest.

    It was the first batter of Vest's appearance.

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    Dillon Dingler delivers

    To end an 0-for-11 streak, Dingler hit an outside changeup by left-hander Cade Povich for a triple to right-center field in the second inning with two strikes and two outs.

    In doubles, Greene (walk) and Sweeney (double) took the 2-0 lead.

    “The most important thing was scoring the two runs,” Dingler said. “Getting some runs on the scoreboard early for our team was the most important thing. It was a little bit of a slip-up, but the ball fell, so I was happy.”

    Povich allowed two runs on two hits and three walks, had seven strikeouts in five innings and threw 89 pitches. The Tigers had runners on base in the second, third and fourth innings, but only scored in the second.

    Reese Olson starts

    Right-hander Reese Olson made his second start since returning from the injured list, but his pitch count and innings were limited. The 25-year-old, who was out for nearly two months, threw 58 pitches in three innings.

    “I didn't feel very good in the first two innings,” Olson said. “I made a little adjustment with a small cue in my lower body and that fixed everything. The third inning was pretty good. I'll use that cue going forward.”

    A 29-pitch second inning hurt Olson's chances to pitch later in the game. He responded by striking out all three batters swinging in the third inning: Henderson (changeup), Mullins (changeup) and Santander (slider).

    The Orioles scored a run against Olson in the second inning when Rivera hit a sacrifice fly.

    Olson allowed one run on one hit and one walk and had three strikeouts in three innings. He generated 11 whiffs in 27 swings – a whiff rate of 40.7% – with three changeups and eight sliders.

    Contact Evan Petzold at [email protected] or follow him @EvanPetzold.

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