Major League Baseball
Baltimore 7, Detroit 4
When: 6:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 27, 2023
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Charlie Ramos, 1B - Ramon De Jesus, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Edwin Moscoso
Attendance: 11599

Anthony Santander hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run seventh and the visiting Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Thursday night.

Joey Ortiz drove in three runs for the Orioles, who have won nine of their last 10 games. Bryan Baker (2-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief to get the win and Felix Bautista survived a shaky ninth to get his sixth save.

Eric Haase had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored for Detroit.

Baltimore starter Kyle Gibson gave up three runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. Detroit starter Joey Wentz allowed two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Detroit pushed across a run in the second. Haase singled and Miguel Cabrera reached on a fielder's choice. After a wild pitch, Akil Baddoo walked to load the bases. Haase scored on Jonathan Schoop's double-play grounder.

The Tigers extended their lead to 3-0 with two runs in the third. Nick Maton drew a two-out walk and Kerry Carpenter doubled, putting runners in scoring position. Haase then smacked a single to left, bringing in both runners.

Baltimore cut the Tigers' lead to 3-2 in the fifth. Jorge Mateo singled and Adam Frazier walked. They pulled off a double steal before Ortiz singled to right, bringing in both runners.

Detroit loaded the bases against Cionel Perez in the bottom of the sixth inning on a hit by pitch and two walks. Baker came in and retired Spencer Torkelson on a short fly ball. Baker then walked Maton to force in a run before he struck out the next batter.

Baltimore took a 7-4 lead in the seventh against Chasen Shreve (1-2). Frazier singled and Ryan McKenna doubled to get the rally started. Ortiz brought in Frazier with a sacrifice fly and Cedric Mullins tripled to knock in McKenna.

Adley Rutschman's sacrifice fly scored Mullins with the go-ahead run. After a walk to Ryan Mountcastle, Santander smashed his homer over the outfield wall in left-center.

Bautista walked the bases loaded with one out in the ninth. He then struck out Schoop and Jake Rogers to end the game.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Detroit
Kyle Gibson Player Joey Wentz
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.1 IP 5.2
3 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 4
6.23 ERA 3.18
Hitting
Baltimore   Detroit
Jorge Mateo Player Kerry Carpenter
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 9 1 15 .265 9 6 7 3 3 0
Detroit 8 0 9 .229 36 11 3 10 1 0