BALTIMORE — First, Seth Smith circled the bases on a single. Then, much later in a very strange game, he drove in the winning run without lifting the bat off his shoulder.
Smith drew a bases-loaded, four-pitch walk from Danny Farquhar to force in the deciding run with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Wednesday night.
The 4-hour, 8-minute contest featured a play more appropriate for the Little League — or the Big Top.
The wacky sequence began when Smith singled with Ryan Flaherty on first.