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BALTIMORE (AP)—The Baltimore Orioles were 0-34 when trailing after eight innings, and they were down a run in the ninth when New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez(notes) entered the game.
K-Rod’s 0.56 ERA was exquisite enough, but the right-hander also had 16 saves in 17 chances—the exception coming by virtue of a dropped popup against the hated Yankees.
Twenty pitches later, the Orioles celebrated perhaps their most uplifting performance of the season.
Aubrey Huff(notes) drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single, capping a two-run rally that carried Baltimore to a 5-4 victory Thursday night.
Asked if this was the most satisfying win of the season, Adam Jones(notes) said, “Yeah, this is. It’s off arguably the best closer in all of baseball. To get a win like that …”
Rodriguez, who last yielded an earned run on April 27, made no excuses after allowing five of the six batters he faced to reach base.
K-Rod’s 0.56 ERA was exquisite enough, but the right-hander also had 16 saves in 17 chances—the exception coming by virtue of a dropped popup against the hated Yankees.
Twenty pitches later, the Orioles celebrated perhaps their most uplifting performance of the season.
Aubrey Huff(notes) drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single, capping a two-run rally that carried Baltimore to a 5-4 victory Thursday night.
Asked if this was the most satisfying win of the season, Adam Jones(notes) said, “Yeah, this is. It’s off arguably the best closer in all of baseball. To get a win like that …”
Rodriguez, who last yielded an earned run on April 27, made no excuses after allowing five of the six batters he faced to reach base.