Thursday, August 11, 2011

Reimold Gives O's Walk-Off Win

Nolan Reimold's two-run shot to left field gave the Orioles a 6-4 victory in ten innings over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.

After Chris Davis blooped a one-out single, Reimold launched the first pitch he saw 436 feet to snap the O's three-game losing streak in dramatic fashion. Reimold was in the lineup as the designated hitter, giving slumping Vladimir Guerrero a day off, and had gone 0-for-4 before connecting for the walk-off bomb.

Tommy Hunter was stellar through the first five innings before allowing a run in the sixth and three more in the seventh, knotting the game at four. J.J. Hardy's first-inning homer put the Birds on the board, and Adam Jones' solo shot in the fifth gave the O's a comfortable 4-0 lead. But Hunter ran into trouble and was pulled with two on and two outs in the seventh, and Jason Berken allowed both inherited runners to cross the plate before recording the final out of the inning.

The score remained the same until Reimold stepped to the plate in the bottom of the tenth...

Chris Tillman takes the mound Thursday night, as the Birds try to split the four-game set with the Sox.

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