The Orioles snatched a dramatic 3-2 walk-off victory from the Athletics on Friday night, riding a clutch ninth-inning rally to extend their late-season surge. Baltimore's offense had been stifled for most of the evening by Athletics starter J.T. Ginn—who struck out nine over five gritty innings—but the home team's patience paid off when Adley Rutschman crushed a towering two-run homer in the third to even the score. Then, with the game knotted at 2-2 in the ninth, Ryan Mountcastle delivered the decisive blow: a laser shot over the left-field wall off Elvis Alvarado, sending the Camden Yards crowd into a frenzy. The Orioles' bullpen held firm after Tomoyuki Sugano's seven strong innings, with Keegan Akin slamming the door in the eighth to set up the heroics.

For Oakland, the loss stung despite Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom combining for four hits, including Soderstrom's RBI single that briefly gave the A's a first-inning lead. But with their bats falling silent in the late innings—managing just one hit over the final three frames—the Athletics couldn't answer Baltimore's late-game firepower. The Orioles, now riding high on Mountcastle's third walk-off of the season, reinforced their playoff ambitions, while Oakland's fading postseason hopes took another critical hit.