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Orioles End Slump With Clutch Hits To Beat Marlins, 9-7
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Orioles End Slump With Clutch Hits To Beat Marlins, 9-7

Baltimore Orioles On SI·Jason La Canfora·27 days ago
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Sam Basallo is the least experienced member of the Orioles roster, and daily lineup, but he exuded a maturity and poise in key situations at the plate that the team’s veteran former All Stars could learn from. And with the game 7-7 in the top of the ninth, one of them did. The 21-year old, who has been far more good than bad in his rookie season, collected a double, a single and a triple in his first three at bats of what felt like a must-win game against the Marlins in Miami, and in what was as close to a home game as the native of the Dominican Republic will play. Basallo made a point of working counts against ace Sandy Alcantara and waiting for his pitch and not trying to kill everything and not chasing launch angle and just meeting the ball and – crazy as it sounds – shooting it the other way at times to drive in four runs.…

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