masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgAfter a night of frustration on offense the Orioles won on a walk-off home run by their struggling first baseman.

Chris Davis, who didn’t start tonight and was 4-for-36 over his last nine games, hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to turn a potential one-run loss into a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.

The ninth inning began with White Sox closer Ronald Belisario on to protect a 4-3 lead. He faced Steve Pearce to start the ninth and Pearce singled to left. Adam…After a night of frustration on offense the Orioles won on a walk-off home run by their struggling first baseman.

Chris Davis, who didn’t start tonight and was 4-for-36 over his last nine games, hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to turn a potential one-run loss into a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.

The ninth inning began with White Sox closer Ronald Belisario on to protect a 4-3 lead. He faced Steve Pearce to start the ninth and Pearce singled to left. Adam Jones was then hit by a pitch. After Nelson Cruz struck out, Davis hit a 3-2 pitch for the game-winner.

It is the Orioles’ first walk-off pinch-hit homer since Larry Sheets hit one Aug. 24, 1988 against Seattle.

It was Davis’ second career pinch-hit homer. He hit one May 14, 2009. It was the Orioles fifth walkoff win of the season and second by a homer. Matt Wieters hit one in the second game of the May 1 doubleheader with Pittsburgh.

Much of the night was frustrating for the Orioles. They got 11 hits in six innings off White Sox starter Chris Sale, but just two runs off him on Adam Jones’ two-run homer in the first. It was his 14th of the year and seventh in the last 20 games.

The Orioles had seven hits but left seven on base from the third through fifth innings. After the Jones homer they didn’t score again until Caleb Joseph’s solo homer in the eighth, his second in two days.

Jose Abreu homered and drove in three for Chicago, which led 4-2 going to the bottom of the eighth. Heading into the ninth the O’s were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position with 10 men left on base. But they pulled it out in the ninth to improve to 40-35.