Kyle Bradish threw a slider and strolled off the mound, making a direct line from the rubber to the dugout with head held high while Junior Caminero slammed his helmet to the ground. That’s the kind of emotion that Bradish brings out of a hitter when he’s on top of his game. Players boil over while Bradish exudes cool.

Bradish held the Rays to one run over six innings, a solo homer from Jonathan Aranda leading off the top of the sixth. The ball bounced off the roof of the former grounds crew shed and landed on the field.

One blip could have beaten Bradish, who didn’t get any offensive support while in the game. The Orioles were shut out until the seventh, when they took advantage of sloppy play by the Rays to score twice. Bradish accepted the no-decision and pumped some life into a rotation that’s got the second-worst ERA in the majors.

Hours after his departure, he still qualified as an important part of an otherwise mistake-filled game. To be determined later was whether he’d be a consolation prize. It took a while to find out.

Victor Mesa Jr. led off the 11th with a two-run homer off Tyler Wells, but the Orioles scored twice against Ian Seymour. Wells returned for the 12th, and Aranda’s sacrifice fly gave Tampa Bay another lead that disappeared on a fielder’s choice and reversed call at home. The Rays scored twice against Dietrich Enns in the 13th, but the Orioles plated four runs against Jesse Scholtens, the last two on another Colton Cowser walk-off home run in a wild 9-7 victory before an announced crowd of 22,388 at Camden Yards.

Cowser launched a slider 425 feet to center field. He also hit a walk-off homer in Game 1 of Sunday’s doubleheader. He was mobbed again at home plate.

Mesa’s first hit of the season carried 421 feet to right field, but it didn’t determine the outcome. Too much happened after it.

Cedric Mullins slapped an RBI single into left field in the 13th at 70. 3 mph after Richie Polacios’ bunt single. The soft approach worked. And Nick Fortes’ sacrifice fly increased the lead to 7-5.

Leody Taveras responded with a run-scoring double off Jesse Scholtens leading off the bottom of the 13th. Blaze Alexander singled and Jackson Holliday’s sacrifice fly leveled the game again. And then, Cowser stepped to the plate and put an end to the madness.

Rico Garcia gave the Orioles two scoreless innings. They stranded two in the 10th, but Pete Alonso had an RBI single off Seymour in the 11th and took second base on Chandler Simpson’s throwing error. Alonso scored on Jeremiah Jackson’s game-tying single. What followed were a sacrifice bunt, intentional walk, strikeout and Cowser’s fly ball. And then, more craziness.

Taylor Ward’s long fly ball to center field against Scholtens in the 12th moved Cowser to third base with one out. Aranda made a nice stop of Gunnar Henderson’s sharp grounder to first and threw home, where catcher Fortes applied the tag and appeared to be injured. Henderson kept running until he reached third base, manager Kevin Cash argued, Henderson was sent back to first, and Orioles manager Craig Albernaz came out of the dugout and challenged the call, which was overturned after a lengthy review.

The Orioles are six games below .500 again at 24-30, and 1-3 against the Rays after being swept last week at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay is 34-17 overall but 15-12 on the road.

There’s a lot to unpack here.

Taveras led off the seventh inning with a walk, stole second base and raced to third on reliever Hunter Bigge’s errant pickoff throw. Taveras scored the tying run on Blaze Alexander’s single.

Casey Legumina struck out two batters, but Ward singled and Mesa sailed a throw over third base to let Alexander score the go-ahead run.

Anthony Nunez was handed the eighth inning and gave up a one-out double to Yandy Díaz, who raced to third base when Taveras dropped the ball after removing it from his glove. Pinch-runner Oliver Dunn scored on Palacios’ single.

Bradish has done what other pitchers in the rotation are trying to emulate – rebound from a slow start to get in a groove.

In his last four outings, Bradish has allowed six runs and 15 hits over 24 1/3 innings. His ERA was 5.03 on May 2 but is down to 3.86.

The Rays were held to five hits today, but a 20-pitch sixth inning inflated Bradish’s count to 92 and removed him from the game.

Bradish recorded the first two outs of the game on three pitches. Aranda doubled and Díaz grounded out in a 10-pitch inning.

Shane McClanahan also recorded the first two outs on three pitches in the bottom of the first inning. McClanahan was back in the dugout after six.

A pitchers’ duel was underway.

The Rays had back-to-back two-out singles in the third, including Caminero’s grounder that Jackson Holliday couldn’t corral. Aranda struck out on a 95.7 mph fastball.

Mullins drew a two-out walk in the fourth and Mesa struck out looking at a sinker. Taylor Walls singled with one out in the fifth, but Bradish raced off the mound to field Simpson’s roller and threw him out, and Caminero flailed at a slider to complete an eight-pitch at-bat.

Alexander led off the third inning with a single, broke too soon for second base and was tagged in a rundown. Tyler O’Neill singled with two outs to break an 0-for-16 streak. He was 2-for-29 in his last nine games.

This wasn’t the last time that the Orioles ran into an out.

Taveras reached on a bunt single with one out in the fifth and raced to second base when McClanahan’s glove flip resulted in an error. Holliday walked with two outs, but O’Neill grounded to McClanahan.

McClanahan drilled Henderson behind the right arm with a 96.9 mph fastball with one out in the sixth. Fans booed, but McClanahan walked toward the plate, patted his chest and gestured to Henderson that the pitch was a mistake, and Henderson nodded and pointed back.

Adley Rutschman walked and McClanahan’s day was over after 84 pitches in 5 1/3 innings. He held the Orioles to three hits. Bigge replaced him and walked Alonso, but after Henderson broke early for third base and was tagged in a rundown. Rutschman advanced to second and was stranded with Alonso when pinch-hitter Samuel Basallo bounced out.

Two baserunning mistakes are magnified in a tight game.

Yennier Cano struck out Caminero to end the seventh after inheriting a runner from Grant Wolfram.

Alonso singled with one out in the eighth, but Jackson grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to keep the score tied. Simpson singled off Garcia with two outs in the ninth and Rutshman threw him out attempting to steal.

*Mullins watched from the on-deck circle as the Orioles played a video tribute before the top of the second inning. Fans stood to cheer Mullins, who raised his helmet in appreciation.

The Orioles traded Mullins to the Mets at last year’s deadline – reliever Anthony Nunez was one of three minor leaguers acquired – and the Rays signed him to a $7 million contract with a mutual option.

*Reliever Colin Selby received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right shoulder on Wednesday. He’s on the 60-day injured list.

Cade Povich, on the 15-day IL with left elbow inflammation, was reassessed today to begin a throwing progression.

*Mustard finally won the Hot Dog Race today, improving to 1-27. The team presented him with a pair of special glasses to help him find the finish line, and it worked.

Also, no team employees interfered, which also helped.