The Orioles found another way to create frustration tonight.

Excite the home crowd with a ninth-inning rally and lose in the 10th. Tease and tumble.

They can’t afford to rinse and repeat.

Down by two runs going into the bottom of the ninth, the Orioles scored twice to move the game past regulation, starting with Coby Mayo’s homer with one out. But Randy Arozarena homered on Rico Garcia’s second pitch in the 10th with the automatic runner on second base, and the Orioles lost to the Mariners 6-5 before an announced crowd of 14,728 at Camden Yards.

Mariners starter Logan Gilbert lasted six innings tonight after a 31-pitch first and turned in a quality start, and Mitch Garver hit a three-run homer off Trevor Rogers in the fourth before the Orioles showed late life.

It faded, leaving them with a four-game losing streak and a 31-37 record. Seattle is 36-32 and sitting in first place in the American League West.

The Orioles are 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position and have stranded 20 in the first two games of the series.

“You can’t prepare for those moments,” Mayo said. “You go in the cage and you do your routine and you see different shapes off the machines and arm. You can’t go into the cage and replicate hitting in the ninth inning with runners on or 10th inning with runners on. You just can’t do it. You’ve got to just take those moments when you can’t come through and then learn from it and hope for the next time that you can come through in those spots.

“Every guy in here wants to come through. No one’s trying to go up there actively trying to get out.”

Andrew Kittredge allowed three straight two-out singles in the seventh to increase the Mariners’ lead to 4-1. But the 2026 season might be defined by the number of times seemingly comfortable leads are lost and games swing as if belonging on a playground.

The Orioles rallied in the bottom of the seventh after Alex Hoppe entered. Mayo reached on an error and Jackson Holliday beat out a roller up the first base line. Tyler O’Neill grounded into a double play, Mayo scored on a wild pitch and pinch-hitter Samuel Basallo struck out.

Leody Taveras began the ninth by fanning on an automatic strike call, but Mayo followed with a 422-foot home run off José A. Ferrer at 110.2 mph and pinch-hitter Jeremiah Jackson reached on an infield single.

O’Neill followed with a ground-rule double to right field after being 4-for-34 in his last 14 games, and Jackson scored on a fielder’s choice, easily beating the throw home on Basallo’s roller up the first base line.

Taylor Ward walked to load the bases, O’Neill was out at the plate on Gunnar Henderson’s chopper to third, and Pete Alonso ran the count full and grounded into a force at second base.

Another close play went against the Orioles with Henderson called out.

“It’s one of those plays where you have to empty the tank to get there,” said manager Craig Albernaz. “I haven’t watched the actual video yet, but knowing Gunnar, he always would say there’s something more that he could do. But in that situation, his effort going into the bag, watching the play, you pick it up at the last second. So there was a lot of teaching moments in this game, just like in any game, and that’s how we have to get better to win those margins, whatever that is. So just like anyone, with Gunnar and everybody else, it’s looking at how we can get better and make adjustments.”

Nick Davila began the bottom of the 10th by hitting Blaze Alexander, and Taveras singled to cut the lead to 6-5. Mayo popped up, with Ryan Bliss making a diving catch, Jackson bounced to third, and Alexander was out at home on, of course, an extremely close play. The Orioles lost the challenge.

They’d lose the game after O’Neill struck out swinging.

“Definitely had shots in the ninth and the 10th to end the game,” Mayo said. “I’m guilty of that in the 10th. Wanted to come through there, obviously, and just didn’t do a good enough job getting the run home, which is frustrating, of course. I think there’s not a guy in here that doesn’t want to come through in those spots. So you’ve just got to keep going. It doesn’t matter what just happened. You’ve got to turn the page, and tomorrow’s a new day. Can still get two wins out of this series.”

“Extremely frustrating on a lot of counts,” Albernaz said. “One, the biggest thing, you just didn’t win the game. Logan Gilbert’s a really good pitcher. Made him work. We had him on the ropes. We just couldn’t get the big hit.

“It’s just one of those games where every 90 feet, everything matters, and ultimately it just ended up in a one-run loss. But I’m proud of our boys, how they fought. Never doubting, never give up. Still in it. The crowd was awesome. Like, we felt it in the dugout during the rally. It just sucks that we just couldn’t pull it out.”

Garcia has surrendered home runs in back-to-back appearances.

“It was off the plate, away,” Albernaz said. “Randy is a really good hitter and a bad ball hitter. Not saying it’s a bad ball, meaning it doesn’t have to be in the strike zone. It can be out of the strike zone and he can still do damage. It was just up enough where he just got his barrel to it and got the right strike to go over the fence.”

Rutschman update

Adley Rutschman stayed on the bench for the second consecutive game.

Albernaz said Rutschman wasn’t available due to some left hamstring tightness.

“Day-to-day,” Albernaz said. “It’s one of those things where, reassessing, he went through the workout today. So we just want to make sure that we stay on top of that.”

Rogers recap

Making his 12th start, Rogers allowed three runs and six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. He threw 97 pitches, 71 for strikes.

Rogers’ ERA is 6.15. He’s gone 5 2/3 innings in both starts this month. His last quality start was April 7.

Henderson made a leaping catch of Arozarena’s 105.5 mph line drive to end the first, two batters after Colton Cowser ran down Victor Robles’ 373-foot fly ball at the warning track in left-center field.

Bliss singled on the 11th pitch from Rogers with one out in the third, but the Mariners couldn’t score.

Arozarena and Rob Refsnyder singled in the fourth after Rogers was ahead in the count 1-2, and Garver unloaded with the count full and two outs.

Rogers was ahead 0-2 but couldn’t finish him. Garver’s ball traveled 406 feet to left field at 108.4 mph, and he dropped the bat and watched it.

Albernaz removed Rogers after Patrick Wisdom battled back from 0-2 and singled with two outs in the sixth.

“It was one of those days where I was getting to 0-2 it seemed like a lot today,” Rogers said. “They kept putting up good at-bats. That fastball, it was a good pitch. You know he was sitting on it, so tip your cap there. I’ve just got to find a way to get over this two-strike hump. I feel like I’m getting to two strikes really well, commanded the zone, pounded the zone, continuing to work and getting over this two-strike deal.”

Making Gilbert work overtime in first

Ward led off the bottom of the first inning with a first-pitch single, taking an aggressive approach instead of working the count in his favor. He saw a 97.1 mph fastball and lined it into right field.

Gilbert threw 30 more pitches before returning to the dugout, but the Orioles settled for one run.

Henderson lined to center, Alonso singled and Cowser drew a seven-pitch walk to load the bases. Taveras lined the eighth pitch of his at-bat to center field, where Julio Rodríguez made a sliding catch.

Mayo took a called third strike to end the inning.

A second rally in second

O’Neill drew a seven-pitch walk with one out in the second inning and Gilbert was up to 50 pitches with only four batters retired.

Sam Huff, catching back-to-back games, lined a ground-rule double to left field, forcing O’Neill to hold at third base.

Ward grounded to shortstop Cole Young, who threw home for the out. The Orioles challenged the call and lost.

Henderson struck out with the count full on the seventh pitch of his at-bat to leave the Gilbert at 58 and make the Orioles 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position with four stranded.

Gilbert retired the last 14 batters to get through the sixth at 105 pitches. Cowser lined to center field at 106.3 mph in the third. Rodriguez made a sliding catch in left-center to rob Ward in the fifth.

“Our at-bat quality was great,” Albernaz said. “We forced him to throw a lot of pitches. We were laying off tough pitches and it’s just the ability just to find grass. It’s really tough on the hitting side to pinpoint, in that situation, in that swing, to get better. I think our guys did a great job of making him work. Our approach was awesome. Tried to force him in the strike zone. He has a devastating split and slider. He has a high-velo fastball and our guys did a great job of forcing him into the strike zone. We just couldn’t find open space on the field.”

Down on the farm

Triple-A Norfolk’s Chris Kachmar allowed one run and two hits in four innings against Memphis. Tommy Pham had an RBI single in the third and a double in the fifth. His opt-out is Friday. Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit his 14th home run.

First baseman Ryan Noda was removed from the game after being hit by a pitch on the left hand.

Douglas Hodo III returned to Double-A Chesapeake from his injury rehab assignment and doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs by the seventh inning. Joseph Dzierwa tossed five scoreless innings with four hits, one walk and six strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 2.49.

Ike Irish doubled twice, homered and drove in two runs for High-A Frederick. Boston Bateman tossed five scoreless innings with two hits, no walks and seven strikeouts. Twine Palmer notched his second save with four scoreless innings.