The celebration tonight carried up the right field line, as opposed to center field Saturday after Emmanuel Rivera's two-run single. Samuel Basallo was chased like a thief, maybe because the Orioles stole another win.

Basallo dumped a single down the opposite line, hitting chalk with a fly ball that scored Gunnar Henderson in the 11th inning for a 3-2 victory over the Pirates at Camden Yards, the Orioles' third walk-off in four games. 

Dietrich Enns tossed two scoreless innings past regulation and Basallo singled off Dauri Moreta before an announced crowd of 15,488. Ryan Mountcastle singled and Colton Cowser was given an intentional walk to set up Basallo, who had to wait through a crew chief review.

Tommy Pham attempted to make a sliding catch, the ball never touched his glove and umpire Manny Gonzalez ruled it foul. Crew chief Alan Porter announced the decision.

“Have not seen it that way where umpires pretty much had to place the runners there to finish the game off," said interim manager Tony Mansolino. "It was one of those deals where if they didn’t call it fair, I was probably going to throw a fit.”

The Orioles have won seven of their last nine games and are 67-77 heading into Wednesday’s showdown with Paul Skenes. The Pirates are 64-81 overall and 22-48 on the road.

Players ran down Basallo, who hit a walk-off homer Friday night. They began drifting toward him after watching the replays and anticipating the outcome. Then, it turned into a sprint.

“I was just happy," he said via interpreter Brandon Quinones. "These are moments I’ve been dreaming about my whole life, so really just trying to take it all in and really just celebrating that moment exactly as if I hit the home run the other day.

“I had a feeling that the ball was fair. We were all still waiting just to see what the decision was. You know, sometimes that call can go any way. We were just waiting but happy the result was a good one.”

Basallo had a go-ahead single in the 10th inning in Boston on a dribbler in front of the plate. He can hit the ball a mile or give it a peck on the cheek.

"In that situation, I’m not trying to hit a home run, I’m trying to hit the ball at a good angle, trying to hit the ball well," he said. "Earlier in the game, I thought I had two of my best swings of the game. Didn’t go my way. In that situation, I’m just doing what I can to put the ball in play.”

“I talked about it in Boston," Mansolino said. "Contact is king, right, with the runners in scoring position. I think a lot of the modern game, a lot of modern analytics for a while said three true outcomes – home runs, walks, strikeouts, and I get it. But when runners are on second and third base, you put the ball in play, you’ve got a chance to score the guy. So maybe I am old and a dinosaur here, but I really love contact, I really love putting the ball in play. And I do think analytics now, they value that more so than maybe they did about seven or eight years ago.”

It felt almost as long until Basallo's ball was ruled a hit.

"I wasn't sure if it, like, tipped his glove or went foul," Enns said, "so we all just kind of waiting to see the replay and didn't know what the outcome was going to be. But happy that it went our way.

"It's been super fun. Sammy got a walk-off homer and a walk-off bloop single that hit the line. Pretty incredible. The fight in this team has been super fun to just be a part of and cheer guys on because playing these close games just brings the best out of you. It's been a lot of fun for all of us."

Enns earned hero status, as well. He induced a big double play to prevent the Pirates from scoring in the top of the 10th, but the Orioles left the bases loaded in the bottom half, with reliever Isaac Mattson striking out Daniel Johnson and getting Henderson to ground into a force. Mattson came to the Orioles with Kyle Bradish in the Dylan Bundy trade.

Enns retired his three batters in the 11th to strand the automatic runner.

"I'm just trying to go out there and do my job and put up a zero, whatever the situation calls for," he said. "In extras, they got the guy at second, so you just try to do your best to limit the runs there and give your team a chance in the bottom half."

Bradish is set firmly in the Orioles’ plans for 2026. He’s healthy again, getting outs and shaking the rust that built up from his long layoff following reconstructive elbow surgery. The only decision to make is where to slot him in the rotation, which could be dependent on any winter pitching acquisitions. He's throwing like an ace again.

Rookie Jeremiah Jackson is trying to earn the same security, gain the same level of trust. He’s competing for a utility-type job and determined not to fade down the stretch. He’s just got to stay healthy, which remains a supreme challenge on this team.

The bullpen will undergo massive changes in the offseason, with few roles cemented. A unit that posted the lowest ERA in the majors this month at 1.26 caused a serious disruption tonight with Pham's leadoff homer off Yennier Cano in the top of the ninth inning. But it also stepped up again in a crisis.

Rico Garcia retired the side in order in the eighth, but Cano couldn't nail down his third save. He registered six scoreless appearances in a row before Pham launched a sinker over the left field seats, barely out of Johnson's reach.

"Pham’s good," Mansolino said. "He’s been around a while. He’s done that more than once, and you’ve got (Andrew) McCutchen sitting there, too. You’ve got to kind of tip your cap to Tommy there, too. It’s a sinker-middle, and he hits it over the fence. You don’t see a lot of Cano sinkers go over the fence pull-side like that."

Bradish allowed one run in seven innings and Jackson collected two more hits, including a tie-breaking homer in the sixth.

Jackson was hit on the right elbow by a 95.5 mph fastball from reliever Braxton Ashcraft in the eighth inning and came out of the game. Johnson pinch-ran and probably would have been used as a defensive replacement anyway.

Mansolino said Jackson's elbow was fine.

"Try to play him at third tomorrow if the elbow’s feeling good, get him back out there," Mansolino said.

Jackson led off the sixth inning by taking a first-pitch fastball from Ashcraft to the opposite field and clearing the out-of-town scoreboard for a 2-1 lead. Jackson has six doubles, two triples and five home runs in 33 games and is batting .314 with an .867 OPS

Bradish has completed six innings in two of his three starts and sports a 2.65 ERA. He allowed four hits and struck out six batters over seven innings to earn his first win since June 8 in St. Petersburg. He made one more start and underwent surgery.

Opponents haven’t scored more than two runs against him this summer.

"Getting through seven is always good for everybody – team, bullpen, myself," he said. "But yeah, just knowing I can be efficient like I was tonight and get through seven and give the team a quality start, that’s always the goal."

Nick Gonzales singled to center field leading off the seventh, but Bradish got a pair of called third strikes with his sinker and retired Cam Devanney on a fly ball. Bradish turned his back on the play and began walking to the dugout before Cowser made the catch.

"I feel really good right now, stuff-wise and command," Bradish said. "It’s difficult to say where I would be at after three starts in April, but right now, I feel good."

Both teams scored a run in the first inning.

Horwitz doubled with one out, Reynolds walked and Andrew McCutchen poked a curveball into left field with two outs. Jackson Holliday and Jackson singled and Mountcastle flied to deep center field to tie the score.

Bradish retired seven in a row before walking Pham leading off the fourth. Oneil Cruz singled with two outs and Henry Davis grounded into a force.

Pirates rookie right-hander Mike Burrows retired nine in a row before walking Henderson leading off the fourth. Henderson stole his career-high 22^nd base but was stranded.

Burrows was removed after four innings and 56 pitches. He allowed one run and two hits and struck out six.

No team has played more one-run games since the break than the Orioles, who completed their 23^rd tonight and are 11-12. They've struck out 10-plus times in a franchise-record nine straight games. But they keep finding ways to win late.

"I think that’s kind of what we’ve been accustomed to the past few years is keep battling no matter what the score is or where we’re at in the standings," Bradish said. "But we’re used to having these one-run ballgames go our way, and it’s nice to have those couple in the past couple series."

“It is weird," Mansolino said. "The more you guys talk about it, the more we do it, so keep on talking about it.”

* Tyler O'Neill went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a strikeout in his rehab game at Triple-A Norfolk.