Orioles vs. Nationals Game Recap (4/24/25) | MLB Highlights | Baltimore Orioles

C.J. Abrams activated off the I.L. today a boost to a lineup that Franny on this homestand has been going with 26 year old left hander Mackenzie Gore on the mound to make his sixth start two and two with three point four one E.R.A. Forty-five strikeouts five behind the major league leader Zach Wheeler of the Phillies Cedric Mullins will dig in from the left side Mullins on base in five of his nine plate appearances in this series So we're gonna fly ball right field call chasing back now slowing as he's approaching the warning track Alex call puts it away That's how this game starts with a fly out deep to right field batting in the second spot is the catcher Adley Rutschman 3-2 delivery Strike three called over the outside corner Rutschman about ready to toss the bat away He is called out on strikes by the home plate umpire Dan Iasonia So that's the first strikeout for Mackenzie Gore So two outs now nothing nothing in the first inning and here comes Gunner Henderson left on left So we're gonna ground ball pull to the first baseman low scoops it up He'll underhand to Gore at the bag in plenty of time for the out Mackenzie Gore retires the side One two three it'll be Abrams call and wood for the bottom of the first and now Kate Povich Begins his night of the mound as he'll start off by facing CJ Abrams Here's the pitch and he'll swing and put it in the air out to left not deep Heston Kerstad running on He makes the catch two-handed and Abrams in his first at bat back since the beginning of April is Retired Alex call digs in right-handed Paul makes contact here down to Henderson. It's short gutter Throws him out. Here's James would not in the leadoff spot. He's in the third spot hitting at 256 He has eight home runs this tied for fourth in the major leagues and now he takes ball for It'll be a right-handed at bat for a wheeze against the lefty starter Oh two gets away from Rutschman and to the backstop would moves up to second base One ball two strikes would not held on at second pitch fly-balled out to deep left First dad now gonna move in and he has got it to end the inning So first and second with nobody out and to the plate strides Heston Kerstad is one to Swing and a miss went back to the slider and down goes Kerstad He threw him three in a row and Kerstad swung and missed at all three guys bounced around over the last couple years Real signed him this offseason. He flares one out to shallow center Dylan Cruz It's a late read on it and makes the play. There they go. Here it comes swing and a miss He got him on a slider down and away What a job by McKenzie Gore to pitch out of trouble in the top of the second Rosario checks in at 244 with a homer He is forward in the box the old one. So we had a line drive hammer to left center field this one up the gap It's gonna split the outfielders and go to the wall extra bases for Rosario He's digging for second as Mullins plays it in toward third Nationals have their first hit a double up the gap in left center for Ahmed Rosario. Here's Josh Bell He has struggled right-handed this year and he's really been working hard the last couple of days on his right-handed swing in the cage Line drive left center field that's down for a base hit the Nationals will take the lead Rosario comes in to score Josh Bell delivers an RBI single. It's the Nationals one and the Orioles nothing That's RBI 12 for Bell on his second hit of the year right-handed McKenzie Gore 36 pitches 21 strikes He's fan three backdoor breaking ball gets the outside edge Fastball line to center field coming on as Cruz comes to a stop makes a one-handed grab and there are two men away And now the pitch swing at a ground ball toward the hole Abrams backhands outfield grass plants and throws On target to Nathaniel Lowe and it's a very quick one two three inning for McKenzie Gore As he retires the Orioles on eight pitches this Henderson Mountcastle and Westbrook 345 for the O's ground ball up the middle CJ to the second base side of the bag And he makes the play Gore kicks deliver swing at a ground ball left side Fielded cleanly by Rosario a little bit of a high throw but handled by Lowe two men away McKenzie ready he rocks and kicks He fires and it's in there strike three called over the outside corner locking up Westbrook with a cutter Westbrook in conversation with Dan Isoni the Oakland umpire did not agree with the call Here's the right-handed hitting Ramon Laureano to pitch that is belted out to deep left field wood going back And this ball is gonna bounce off the wall Laureano turning for a second He's gonna make it there standing up the Orioles with their first extra base hit of the game and with that double that is now Six hits in eight at-bats for Laureano against Gore now a lefty lefty matchup for McKenzie against Ryan O'Hearn O'Hearn left center field slices it down to the green grass and Laureano will be way at home Woods throws up the first baseline and kicks away Ryan O'Hearn in his 24th career start against a lefty Delivers a big-time opposite field hit to tie the game and James with a big mess on this throw because he keeps it low Maybe it holds O'Hearn, but it popped up and he went cruising in the second base O'Hearn ties the game and now Jorge Mateo a chance to put the Orioles on top get out to left CJ Abrams picks it off. What a play by the National shortstop thought that was ticketed for left fields with Certainty some of it is just man. They're hitting balls hard They're just not getting anything out of it. Brandon Hyde said it in his postgame last night. They put together good at-bats Yeah, they were one for 12, but they hit a lot of balls hard and look eventually they will start to fall Got a fastball up the middle. It's through that might be the at-bat of the year so far nine pitches Ends at a fastball shot right back up the box Cedric Mullins goes left on left again And the Orioles jump in front what a great couple of at-bats against McKenzie Gore from Cedric Mullins period the hard lineout back in The third inning a sign of things to come the battle in the fifth. That's the base it with a go-ahead RBI Kenzie Gore back out there for the top of the six Henderson Mountcastle and Westbrook do up for the Orioles Got him There you curveball locks up Gunnar and McKenzie Gore has strikeout number seven and a pitch swung on and popped up shallow Right Garcia out Cruz coming in easier play for the right fielder losing his cap, but making the catch two men away now the pitch Swing and a miss. He struck him out to retire the side Strikeout number eight for Gore and likely his last pitch of the evening If the Nationals are gonna sweep this series They'll need to do it with a big rally against the 29 year old mountain of a man Felix Bautista the Orioles closer Listed at six eight two hundred and eighty-five pounds would oh for two with a walk Right back to it And he rips wood apart with a little bit of a roar from the Orioles crowd on the third base side First batter face first batter gone Hey bear Ruiz will flip around and bat from the left side the one two to Ruiz So we're gonna tap her past the mound. It's fielded by Bautista now. He kicks it and Ruiz is gonna reach base It looked like he was gonna get by Bautista to hit off his foot And that's a gift of a baserunner the tying run at first base And we'll see who will be the pinch runner Nunez are young It'll be Nassim Nunez as Nationals have hope here with a tying run at first Here's the set Nathaniel Lowe in the box there goes Nunez Pitch taken away throw down Not in time and Brandon Hyde is going to challenge that's bang bang And I think watch the glove go up and his hand gets in after review the call the field stand runner is safe Henderson backs away from Nunez at second to one Ground ball out to the right side over to his left holiday second baseman on the first gets the out But Nathaniel Lowe at least gets the runner over to third base, and that's a tying run 90 feet away and the last hope for the Nationals is Ahmed Rosario Rosario has faced Bautista before to advance a line out and a ground out Henderson is there the Orioles take it Satisfying if nerve-wracking way to end a three-game losing streak a tying run for Washington or each third base But for the first time this year the Orioles are able to win a game When they do not hit the four-run mark