Atlanta erased a run in the eighth to tie it. Baltimore answered in the ninth. That was enough for a 3-2 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| BAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Brandon Young set the tone for the Orioles, working 6.1 innings and allowing just 1 run (1 earned) on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks across 94 pitches. He handed a lead to the bullpen, which covered 2.2 innings with 1 run allowed. Gunnar Henderson supplied the power in between, homering to right center in the fifth inning for his 18th home run of the season.
The Orioles broke through first in the third inning, when Encarnacion-Strand singled to left and Alonso scored, with Ward advancing to third. Henderson's fifth-inning homer pushed the lead to 0-2. Atlanta answered in the sixth on a Dubón groundout to shortstop that brought home Olson, and again in the eighth when Albies homered to right to tie the game at 2-2. But Baltimore had the last word in the ninth: Beavers singled to right, and Holliday scored the go-ahead run for the final margin.
Bryce Elder started for Atlanta and struck out 8 over 5.0 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits with 4 walks. The Braves' bullpen worked 3.2 innings and allowed 1 run. Didier Fuentes took the loss, his first of the season, after allowing 1 run on 2 hits over 1.2 innings. Yennier Cano earned the win for Baltimore, tossing a scoreless inning with a strikeout.
The result snapped Baltimore's skid, and the Orioles improved to 51-54. Atlanta, which entered atop its division, fell to 61-43.