Tie game. Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Which Oriole do you want at the plate to get the walk-off? That answer has varied over the last few years, but Samuel Basallo may be everyone’s answer going forward. As many fans were resigning themselves to extra innings, the 21-year-old catcher walloped a 99 mph fastball from Tanner Scott into the centerfield seats to give the Orioles a 2-1 walk-off win.

He hit the ball 109.3 mph. It went 433 feet. Basallo admired his shot a bit, and why not? His first Camden Yards home run was the difference maker in a game when both teams struggled for base runners and to get hits with runners in scoring position.

Shohei Ohtani and Dean Kremer are very different baseball players, but tonight they both looked very good. Unfortunately, both had to leave the game

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