Major League Baseball
Baltimore 2, Detroit 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, April 21, 2023
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Brock Ballou, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 18772

Adam Frazier brought home the game-winning run on a ninth-inning fielder's choice as the Baltimore Orioles eked out a 2-1 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

Ryan Mountcastle scored the game-winning run and Austin Hays had a solo homer for Baltimore, which has won eight of its last 10 games. Tyler Wells tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing only three hits and striking out five. Felix Baustista (1-2) got the win after blowing the save.

Javy Baez snapped the Orioles' 34-inning scoreless streak with a ninth-inning RBI single.

Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen gave up three hits and a walk and struck out four in five innings.

Neither team had a baserunner get past first until the bottom of the fourth. Cedric Mullins drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a balk. He never got closer to scoring as Lorenzen struck out Adley Rutschman and got the next two batters to fly out.

Gunnar Henderson whacked a two-out double to right-center in the bottom of the fifth inning. Lorenzen left him at second by striking out Ramon Urias.

Mullins slashed a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth against Chasen Shreve. Mullins moved to third on a Rutschman groundout. Mountcastle then flied out to right.

Hays broke the deadlock with two outs in the seventh. He drilled a fastball from Jose Cisnero over the center-field wall for his fourth homer this season.

Pinch hitter Akil Baddoo led off the ninth with a single to right. Baddoo stole second before Bautista struck out Nick Maton. Riley Greene then bounced out before Baez ripped a single to left to bring in Baddoo and tie the score. Baez also stole second but was left stranded when Kerry Carpenter flied out.

Jason Foley (0-1) entered in relief with one out in the ninth. Mountcastle greeted him with a single and advanced to third on Anthony Santander's base hit.

Frazier then hit a bouncer to first baseman Spencer Torkelson, and Mountcastle beat the throw home.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Baltimore
Michael Lorenzen Player Tyler Wells
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 7.0
4 Strikeouts 5
3 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Detroit   Baltimore
Jake Rogers Player Cedric Mullins
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 5 0 5 .167 11 8 1 1 2 0
Baltimore 7 1 12 .226 10 8 2 1 0 0