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Wieters comes up big with go-ahead pinch-hit
- Updated: June 6, 2016
BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters hadn’t played all game and had sat through a one hour and 37-minute rain delay before getting the call as a pinch-hitter to face Aroldis Chapman’s triple-digit fastball.
But despite a quick 0-2 hole, the O’s catcher was able to deliver, punching a ball into center field for a two-out, two-run eighth-inning single that lifted Baltimore to a 3-1 win over the Yankees in Sunday’s rubber game at Camden Yards.
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“You go in there and you know he has one of the best fastballs in the game,” said Wieters, who came up with the bases loaded and cleared them, the final run courtesy of an errant throw. “I’m just trying to be short. I thought I was being short the first two …
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