Walk-off walk: O's win wild one in 11 as Chapman walks Urías

The Orioles' pitching was stellar throughout. The night kept getting longer, though, and their offense kept coming up short. 

Until it finally didn't. Well, sort of.

On a night of outstanding pitching by both teams, a great pitcher finally cracked. It was Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman.

Chapman got ahead of Ramón Urías 0-2 and then walked him with the bases loaded, throwing four straight pitches out the zone as the Orioles beat the Yankees 2-1 in 11 innings in front of 32,197 at Camden Yards.

The O's 11th began with Austin Hays placed at second base and the team facing New York righty Clarke Schmidt, their sixth pitcher. Jorge Mateo lined out, but Schmidt walked the No. 8 and 9 hitters in Anthony Bemboom and Kelvin Gutiérrez. That set the stage for Cedric Mullins to win it, as Chapman came on to try and pull off a great escape. He almost did, as he fanned Mullins.

But Urías worked the walk, stepping out several times on Chapman when the count got to 3-2. It was strange to view it. But Chapman finally threw a pitch and walked Urías to end this crazy game.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after the game, presumably for arguing about the ending and ball and strike calls. 

The O's drew 10 walks tonight, including six from the last two spots in the batting order. It was Baltimore's first 10-walk game since May 6, 2012 at Boston.

The O's bullpen was simply sensational tonight. Dillon Tate, Jorge López, Bryan Baker, Cionel Pérez and Joey Krehbiel combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings on one hit with nine strikeouts. Yankees batters went just 1-for-16 against that 'pen - and the one hit was a grounder that struck a runner and was officially scored a hit. They were so good that they got an out even when giving up a hit. Krehbiel got his first major league win.

The 'pen ERA for the year is down to 2.06 which is second-best in the AL.

In his second start for the Orioles and first since John Means’ injury, right-hander Jordan Lyles gave the Orioles a solid effort in the series opener.

He held New York to one run over 5 1/3 innings, but it was a night where the Orioles offense continued to struggle to score runs and get clutch hits.

The Yankees broke the scoreless tie with a run in the top of the third. Batting ninth, catcher Kyle Higashioka doubled down the left field line leading off the frame and moved to third on a groundout. Giancarlo Stanton’s broken-bat single to right-center scored him for the 1-0 lead. It was Stanton’s seventh RBI of the new season.

Lyles really settled in over the middle innings and retired the side in order on 16 pitches in the fourth and 10 in the fifth. The Yankees went just 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position against him through five innings, where he was at 77 pitches. Lyles stranded two runners each in the first and third innings.

But the Orioles were not getting much going against Yankees lefty Jordan Montgomery in this Jordan-versus-Jordan matchup. Montgomery, who went 6-7 with a 3.83 ERA last season, allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings in his first start on Sunday against Boston. He entered tonight with a career mark of 3-1 and a 3.08 ERA in 12 lifetime starts against Baltimore.

The O’s had a chance in the last of the second. Trey Mancini started that inning with a single to left and moved to second on Hays' single. Both runners moved up via a groundout, but when Robinson Chirinos bounced to third, they were left in scoring position. Yankees third baseman DJ LeMahieu made a nice play to the backhand side to retire the O’s backstop.

Lyles started the sixth, but didn’t finish it. The Yankees loaded the bases with one out on two singles and a walk. Tate came on to face Aaron Hicks and got him to hit into a 4-6-3 double play, which was big to keep the O’s down by one.

Lyles allowed six hits and one run with two walks and four strikeouts. He threw 91 pitches and lowered his Baltimore ERA to 5.23 in two starts.

The Orioles finally tied the game at 1-1 in the last of the seventh. Hays drilled a leadoff double to right. Mateo singled to left to score Hays and tie it, but was thrown out trying to stretch that into a double.

Through the eighth, the Orioles were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position. They finished the night 1-for-15 with RISP. 

But they got a walk with RISP when they needed it and it was Urias' third-career walk-off.  

At Triple-A tonight: Norfolk’s Tyler Nevin tied a franchise record with eight RBIs and Kyle Stowers drove in five runs as the Tides beat Scranton 14-7. Norfolk is 7-3 and has won four in a row. The Tides have scored 26 runs over the last two nights and 71 in 10 games. 

Nevin hit a grand slam as part of a 3-for-6 night, and is batting .385 with 14 RBIs in just six games. Stowers went 4-for-5 with three doubles and a homer. He is batting .583 in four games, going 8-for-15 with five doubles, two homers and seven RBIs.