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In a pinch! Reimold’s homer walks O’s off
- Updated: July 24, 2016
BALTIMORE– The Orioles are rolling again.
Baltimore, which endured a four-game losing streak last week, watched Nolan Reimold’s two-out walk-off homer lift the O’s to a 5-3 sweep-clinching win over the Indians on Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards. Now winners of four straight, the Orioles remain the American League East leaders with Reimold’s big blast.
“You have to win to reach our goal of making the playoffs,” Reimold said. “So, in that case it’s huge. For me, it’s big. You have to break out some time. I’m glad it was in a big moment.”
The homer, Reimold’s fifth of the year and his third career walk-off, came on a 2-0 pitch from Tribe reliever Cody Allen and also scored Pedro Alvarez.
“I just put myself in a bad count,” Allen said. “And instead of trying to still manage the inning, I just kind of laid one in there and he didn’t miss it. We had a chance here to kind of extend that game and hopefully win it against a good team in their ballpark. But unfortunately we couldn’t do that.”
The inning started on an odd play, with Alvarez striking out and hustling down the line when ball scooted past catcher Roberto Perez. He was hit in the head with an errant throw by Perez to put the O’s leadoff man on first.
Mike Napoli tied the game up for the Indians with an unearned run off All-Star reliever Brach Brach in the eighth. After second baseman Jonathan Schoop’s error, Napoli drove a ball into left field to knot it up at 3.
Orioles starter Vance Worley turned in his best outing of the season, tossing a season-high seven innings and holding the Indians to two runs, both of which came in the top of the fourth inning.
Indians starter Corey Kluber also went seven innings, striking out eight and allowing three runs in a no-decision. One of those runs was Schoop, who connected for his 17th homer of the year in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie.
Orioles setup man Darren O’Day, activated before the game, struck out the side in the eighth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Vanimal: Formerly a long reliever, Worley continues to give the O’s rotation life as he picked up his second win as a starter. The righty, fresh off a season-high 88 pitches, threw 102 on Sunday and held the Indians to five hits and three walks. Worley struck out three in his first quality start of the season and marked the O’s third quality start in four games.
“I was able to use all of my pitches …
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