Kyle Bradish reached a personal milestone Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 12 batters across 7 2/3 impressive innings as the Baltimore Orioles beat the host Seattle Mariners 5-3.
Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday each connected on home runs to fuel Baltimore’s offense, while Bradish kept Seattle’s lineup largely in check throughout his outing.
The final moments of the game brought some tension when Orioles closer Ryan Helsley — returning from a seven-week layoff due to right elbow inflammation — gave up back-to-back home runs to Dominic Canzone and Cole Young to open the bottom of the ninth inning. However, Helsley steadied himself, getting Victor Robles to ground out before striking out rookie Colt Emerson and Connor Joe to close out the victory.
Bradish improved to 4-7 on the season. After allowing five runs in each of his previous two starts — both of which lasted just four innings — he bounced back in a big way, surrendering only one run on five hits and two walks against Seattle.
With two outs and a runner on base in the eighth, the Orioles turned to Yennier Cano to face Cal Raleigh. Raleigh drew a walk, but Cano got Rob Refsnyder — who represented the potential tying run — to pop out to shortstop to end the threat.
Seattle starter George Kirby turned in a quality outing but still suffered his fifth consecutive loss, falling to 5-7. The right-hander went six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and no walks.
Baltimore got on the board in the third inning when Blaze Alexander singled to right field with one out. Two batters later, Henderson lifted a deep fly ball to right that barely cleared the fence for a two-run homer.
The Mariners cut the lead in half in the fourth when Julio Rodriguez doubled to right with one out and Canzone followed with a run-scoring single to center, making it 2-1.
The score held until the sixth inning, when Pete Alonso reached on an infield single with one out for Baltimore. Former Mariner Leody Taveras then laced a low liner to right-center that rolled all the way to the wall, scoring Alonso with a run-scoring triple and pushing the lead to 3-1.
Baltimore’s Tyler O’Neill made a highlight-reel play in the bottom of that same inning, leaping at the right field wall to rob Raleigh of what would have been a home run.
The Orioles added another run in the seventh against reliever Alex Hoppe. Holliday walked to lead off the inning and moved to third on Alexander’s single up the middle. Holliday scored to make it 4-1 as Taylor Ward grounded into a double play.
Seattle played the game without first baseman Josh Naylor, who was sidelined with right wrist discomfort, and outfielder Luke Raley, dealing with lower back tightness — both missing their second straight game.
