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Trey Mancini proved to be Wednesday night’s hero with a three-run walk-off homer in the 11th inning, lifting the Orioles to a 9-6 victory over the Pirates at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
With two on and two out, Mancini stepped to the plate against Wade LeBlanc, who surrendered Mark Trumbo’s walk-off single on Tuesday night. On the first pitch he saw, Mancini sent the pitch to the stands with an exit velocity of 108.8 mph, per Statcast™, to give the Orioles their sixth walk-off win of the year. The Orioles also improved their extra-innings record to 9-1.
Mancini became the first player since Atlanta’s Brian McCann (May 17, 2011) to knock a game-tying pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning or later followed by a walk-off shot during the regular season.
“Again, baseball is the game where you never know what can happen,” Mancini said. “Along with that, I can’t say enough about the rest of the game here. We’re down here 6-2 in the ninth inning, and everybody battles back, has great at-bats and gave me the opportunity to come up there in the ninth, so without that, none of that happens.”
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