ORIOLES POSTCAST: Baltimore Orioles STUN Athletics in 10 Innings! Coby Mayo, Alex Hoppe Deliver in 4-3 Road Win

THE ORIOLES ARE BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN! Baltimore outlasted the Athletics 4-3 in 10 innings in West Sacramento, delivering a gritty, high-energy road win that felt like a game this team absolutely had to have. Coby Mayo came through with the go-ahead RBI single to the opposite field in the top of the 10th, and Christian Encarnacion-Strand immediately added insurance with an opposite-field RBI single of his own. Then Alex Hoppe slammed the door, earning his first career save as an Oriole. But this was not just another extra-inning win. Blaze Alexander made his long-awaited return after missing time with a non-displaced fracture in his left hand. Alexander, who hit .312 before the All-Star break, went 1-for-4 and started at shortstop while Gunnar Henderson was out. The Orioles went 19-18 without Blaze, while Encarnacion-Strand’s breakout at third base helped keep Baltimore afloat—so what does Alexander’s return mean for the infield moving forward? Dylan Beavers set the tone early with a huge two-out, two-strike RBI single in the second inning. Carlos Narváez then reached on a costly Athletics error by left-hander Jacob Lopez, helping another run come home in a bizarre sequence around the first-base bag. And Brandon Young? He was outstanding. Young gave Baltimore seven innings of one-run baseball, allowing only a Jonah Heim solo homer in the seventh. Rico Garcia could not hold the 2-1 lead in the eighth, but the Orioles responded when it mattered most—and found a way to win a tense game on the road. Luke Slabaugh breaks down the Orioles’ extra-inning victory, Mayo’s clutch at-bat, Encarnacion-Strand’s continued impact, Alexander’s return, Young’s strong start, Hoppe’s milestone save, and what this win means for Baltimore going forward. Subscribe for daily Baltimore Orioles postgame reactions, analysis, news, roster talk, trade discussion, and everything Birds baseball.