It took 13 innings and nearly four and a half hours, but the Orioles emerged with an 8-6 victory Friday night thanks to the second career game-ending homer by budding superstar Manny Machado.
Machado catapulted the second pitch from reliever Aaron Brooks over the left-field wall to give the Orioles the win and the 23-year-old Machado his 25th homer of the season.
With one out in the 13th Caleb Joseph doubled into the left field corner against A’s reliever Drew Pomeranz (4-5), who then left for Brooks.
Machado’s heroics provided Orioles’ rookie right-hander Jason Garcia (1-0) with the first win of his career.