Orioles walk-off double stuns M’s, snaps winning streak
Published 11:42 am Thursday, August 14, 2025
BALTIMORE — With a six-game winning streak in the balance, the Seattle Mariners (67-54) scrapped back into Wednesday’s game with the Baltimore Orioles.
A late two-run rally by the M’s knotted the game up at three apiece in the top of the ninth, but Jackson Holliday sent the small crowd at Camden Yards into pandemonium with a walk-off double to propel the Orioles to a 4-3 win over Seattle. The loss snapped an eight-game surge from the Mariners, who have burst onto the scene in the AL West race.
With two outs in the ninth, Holliday smacked a line drive down the right-field line off Mariners reliever Matt Brash. Seattle right fielder Dylan Moore was shaded toward center field, allowing Dylan Carlson, who reached on a two-out single, to easily score. Players from Baltimore’s dugout rushed onto the field to celebrate with Holliday at second base.
Baltimore is 54-66 and the last of 30 MLB teams to earn a walk-off win this season.
After a 1-hour, 40-minute rain delay, Orioles starter Trevor Rogers was his usual self, cruising through the first six innings without the Mariners even threatening to score. The lone run he allowed was partially caused by his defense. Greg Allen misplayed a ball off the center-field wall to turn Julio Rodríguez’s double into a triple. With one out, Rogers induced a hard grounder from Josh Naylor, but Holliday couldn’t make the tough play at second as the ball rolled into the outfield for an RBI single to put Seattle up 1-0.
Rogers struck out six and didn’t issue a walk in his no-decision. He’s allowed two or fewer runs in all but one of his 11 starts this season.
The Mariners’ 1-0 lead felt insurmountable as Logan Gilbert (6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) kept Baltimore’s offense, which hadn’t scored a run in 17 innings going into the seventh, off the board.
But Ryan Mountcastle smacked an opposite-field solo homer to lead off the inning, and Jeremiah Jackson’s Little League home run brought home two runs after his line drive kicked hard off the right-field wall and a wild relay throw home sailed out of play.
Despite having a 3-1 lead, relievers Yennier Cano and Keegan Akin combined to cough up the save and send the game to the bottom of the ninth. Rodríguez and Eugenio Suárez each scored as Naylor and Dominic Canzone were sacrificed to tie it up, setting up Holliday’s walk-off hit.
