masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgThat was not a bad time for Henry Urrutia to hit his first major league home run.
He hit a 1-2 pitch off Mets reliever Carlos Torres to the opposite field. His blast just over the left-field wall leading off the last of the ninth gave the Orioles a 5-4 win over the New York Mets in front of 36,165 at Camden Yards.
The homer improved the Orioles to 62-57 with their 16th win in the last 24 games. It was the Orioles’ sixth walk-off win of the year and third on this homestand. The O’s ended a…

That was not a bad time for Henry Urrutia to hit his first major league home run.

He hit a 1-2 pitch off Mets reliever Carlos Torres to the opposite field. His blast just over the left-field wall leading off the last of the ninth gave the Orioles a 5-4 win over the New York Mets in front of 36,165 at Camden Yards.

The homer improved the Orioles to 62-57 with their 16th win in the last 24 games. It was the Orioles’ sixth walk-off win of the year and third on this homestand. The O’s ended a nine-game losing streak to New York.

The Orioles used the longball to get even twice in this game, once in the sixth and once in the seventh.

Chris Davis led off the sixth with a double off Noah Snydergaard. Jonathan Schoop came to bat. He had struck out and looked bad doing so against Snydergaard’s breaking ball in the fourth. He fell behind 0-2 this time on breaking balls. But then on a 1-2 count, he got one he could handle over the inside corner, and his two-run homer tied the game 3-3. It was No. 9 for Schoop.

urrutia-high-fives-in-dugout-sidebar.jpgThe tie lasted just moments. Wilmer Flores led off the top of the seventh and homered to left off Mychal Givens for a 4-3 lead. But that lead didn’t last very long. Adam Jones blasted a solo shot to left-center in the bottom of the inning. His 23rd came off reliever Hansel Robles and tied it 4-4.

Jones has hit six homers over his last nine games. In his last 19 games, he has hit eight homers with 19 RBIs.

It seemed each time the Orioles scored in this game, the Mets came right back. So it was with the Flores homer.

Earlier, New York led 2-0 on a Daniel Murphy homer (No. 9) in the first and a Flores RBI single in the fourth. With two outs and none on in the fourth, Ubaldo Jimenez walked two straight batters ahead of Flores.

Jones led off the O’s fourth with a double and scored on Steve Clevenger’s single to make it 2-1. The Mets went ahead 3-1 when a Flores single in the fifth scored Curtis Granderson, who had doubled.

Jimenez went five innings allowing five hits and three runs. He walked four and fanned six, throwing 94 pitches. Mets starter Syndergaard went five innings plus three batters and gave up eight hits and three runs in getting a no-decision.

Now the Orioles welcome Minnesota to town for the third portion of a 10-game homestand. On Thursday night, Miguel Gonzalez (9-8, 4.42 ERA) faces right-hander Tyler Duffey (1-1, 6.75 ERA).