Orioles supply thunder in rain-soaked win over Mariners
Published 8:35 am Friday, June 12, 2026
BALTIMORE — The summer heat arrived at Camden Yards, and the Orioles’ offense followed.
With a first-pitch temperature of 94 degrees, Thursday’s series finale against the Seattle Mariners was the hottest Orioles game of the season to date. Baltimore took the high temperatures in stride by riding a six-run third inning to a 7-5 victory that earned the club a series split with last season’s ALCS runner-up.
Colton Cowser and Pete Alonso both homered to highlight the decisive rally in which the Orioles (33-37) sent nine batters to the plate. Cowser’s 416-foot blast off Mariners starter Bryan Woo got the inning started, and Alonso went 439 feet to left field to cap it off, with a wild pitch to score Jackson Holliday and Adley Rutschman’s two-run double in between.
Thunderstorms rolled through Baltimore and threatened to send the game to a rain delay from the fifth through the seventh innings, but the Orioles and Mariners played on.
Seattle wouldn’t quite go away. The Mariners chased Kyle Bradish after four innings, racking up five runs on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts over four innings as he fell apart in the fourth.
The right-hander surrendered a leadoff home run to second baseman Cole Young in the first and appeared to settle in from there by striking out the side in the second. However, back-to-back homers by right fielder Luke Raley and designated hitter Dominic Canzone, followed by three Mariners reaching base with two outs — including center fielder Julio Rodríguez with an RBI single — drove up his pitch count too much.
Tyler Wells then took over and bridged the game into the late innings with three scoreless frames in which he faced one batter over the minimum and struck out four. The Orioles’ offense tacked on another insurance run off Woo in the fifth as well when Taylor Ward reached on a hit by pitch and later scored on a single by Rutschman.
Both Rutschman (hamstring) and Samuel Basallo (wrist) were back in the lineup after they each missed the first three games of the series dealing with their respective injuries, though Basallo did come off the bench Monday and Tuesday.
Rico Garcia and Grant Wolfram combined for a scoreless eighth inning before Andrew Kittredge entered in the ninth and converted his first save of the season.
