More on Hall of Fame ceremony, Wieters and Mancini (O's win in 13th)

Ubaldo Jimenez needed only 12 pitches tonight to retire the Athletics in order in the top of the first inning. He struck out Josh Reddick to end it.

Gary Roenicke and Melvin Mora received standing ovations when introduced during the Orioles Hall of Fame ceremony. Mora threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Gerardo Parra, his former teammate in Arizona, and Roenicke threw to Jimmy Paredes.

Yes, Paredes has a glove. Everyone's a comedian.

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Mora introduced his family before starting his speech, causing the start of tonight's game to be delayed.

But seriously...

Mora ended his speech by thanking manager Buck Showalter for turning "this team into a winner." More applause.

Showalter attended the Hall of Fame luncheon earlier today.

"Impressive group that went into the Hall of Fame today," he said. "Roenicke, you could tell he didn't like the idea that people thought he couldn't hit right-hander. He had most of his home runs off right-handed pitching. Toward the end of his career they had a great platoon. He was a little sensative about that. He said, 'I just want to remind everybody I did get a couple hits.'"

Orioles catcher Matt Wieters said he's available tonight if needed, though the plan is to rest the right hamstring for another game. Wieters and Showalter agreed that the disabled list won't come into play.

Wieters exited Tuesday night's game in Seattle after fielding a swinging bunt in front of the plate. The hamstring bothers him more when he's running.

"It's definitely a lot looser than it was a couple days ago. Get a lot of treatment today and hopefully it will feel good tomorrow," he said.

"I'll be available if needed in any kind of situation, but probably let it rest as much as possible today and see how it feels tomorrow. I don't think it's a DL thing, especially right now. I feel good, feel better than when I did it and the day after I did it. We keep getting better and hopefully we get back out there soon.

"Running is really the only thing when I really felt it. I think the catching thing will be fine. As long as I can run and be close to slow speed like I normally am, then I'll be good."

On a more serious note, the Orioles need to do some serious damage on this 10-game homestand after going 4-5 and being no-hit on the West Coast road trip.

"Just go out there and win," Wieters said. "The good thing is we play a lot of the teams that are fighting for the playoffs here the last month and a half plus. If we play well, we're going to have a good shot at getting where we want to go."

As I wrote earlier, Showalter spend the off day at Double-A Bowie. He playfully tried to ignore a question about first baseman Trey Mancini, who's expected to be named the organization's Minor League Player of the Year.

Mancini, an eighth-round pick in 2013 out of Notre Dame, is batting a combined .342/.373/.559 with 35 doubles, five triples, 17 home runs and 74 RBIs at Single-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie.

"He was one of 25 that I was looking at. He's the guy who's having a pretty good year, right?" Showalter said.

"I was impressed with (Joe) Gunkle and (Ashur) Tolliver and (Andrew) Triggs, the pitchers. They were impressive."

Now, about Mancini...

"Yeah, Trey's having a big year all the way around, two levels," Showalter said, ending the dance. "You like guys who are hitting better as they advance. The pitching's a little better, the lights are better, the travel's a little better. Some people really do better with better competition. You've got to keep challenging them.

"We have a good first baseman at Triple-A in Christian Walker we like, too, that's having a good August so far."

Update: Jimenez retired the first five A's, striking out three in a row, before surrendering a run in the second on Brett Lawrie's single, Billy Butler's walk and Coco Crisp's bloop RBI single into center field

Marcus Semien singled, but Adam Jones threw out Butler at the plate for his 11th outfield assist and the Orioles' 34th.

Update II: The Orioles won't be no-hit today after back-to-back singles by J.J. Hardy and Nolan Reimold in the third inning, but they're down 2-0 in the fourth.

Jimenez retired the first two batters in the top of the fourth before loading the bases and allowing a run on Billy Burns' infield hit. Manny Machado bobbled the ball, spun and threw out Coco Crisp at the plate to end the inning.

Update III: Stephen Vogt hit a two-out, two-strike, two-run homer in the fifth to give Oakland a 4-0 lead.

Mychal Givens is warming in the bullpen.

Update IV: Adam Jones hit a three-run homer in the fifth after Junior Lake doubled and Gerardo Parra was hit by a pitch with two outs. Jones has 20 homers and 59 RBIs.

Givens replaced Jimenez, who allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings, with two walks, six strikeouts and a home run. Jimenez threw 102 pitches, 60 for strikes.

Update V: Fernando Abad gave up three runs in the seventh inning, the last two on Chris Davis' 32nd home run that gave the Orioles a 6-4 lead.

Davis' ball landed on Eutaw St., the third time he's done it this season and the eighth in his career. He's the all-time leader.

Jones' sacrifice fly scored Manny Machado to tie the game before Davis unloaded.

Givens tossed two scoreless innings, with one hit and three strikeouts. He's thrown 7 1/3 scoreless in the majors.

Update VI: Two infield hits and Danny Valencia's ground ball into right field with two outs allowed the A's to score twice and tie the game in the top of the ninth. Zach Britton suffered only his second blown save in 30 chances.

Givens is denied his second major league win.

Update VII: We're going to extra innings.

J.J. Hardy send a scorching grounder up the middle that hit the foot of A's reliever Fernando Rodriguez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The ball came to a dead stop in front of Rodriguez, who couldn't locate it at first, finally did and threw to first base to strand two runners.

Gerardo Parra and Adam Jones singled to begin the inning. Davis struck out, Jonthan Schoop grounded into a force at second and Hardy hit into rotten luck.

The Orioles are 3-3 in extra innings.

Update VIII: Manny Machado hit his second career walk-off home run to give the Orioles an 8-6 win in 13 innings.

Rule 5 pick Jason Garcia retired the side in order in the top of the 13th for his first career win.

Caleb Joseph doubled off Stu Pomeranz and Machado homered off Aaron Brooks.




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