Trey Mancini hits game-tying and game-winning homers

If Trey Mancini's first homer was pretty special tonight, his second was even better. Mancini's Oriole legend grew tonight as he hit a two-run homer in the ninth to tie the game and then a three-run homer in the 11th to win it.

You had to see it to believe it. The Orioles beat the Pirates 9-6 in 11 innings.

With the game tied 6-6 in the 11th, Joey Rickard singled and then, with two outs, Caleb Joseph walked. Mancini hit the first pitch from Wade LeBlanc out to left for his second homer in three innings and a walk-off win.

The Orioles improved to 31-26 and to 9-1 in extra innings. It's Mancini's third career two-homer game.

For the second night in a row the Orioles got off the deck with a late rally.

They headed to the ninth trailing 6-2, and a lackluster loss seemed to be just three outs away. But Pittsburgh couldn't get the outs before the Orioles had tied the game.

The ninth started when Mark Trumbo walked against Johnny Barbato and went to third on Jonathan Schoop's double. At that point, lefty Tony Watson, who blew a save last night, came on. Rickard pinch hit and made it 6-3 with a sac fly. Then a J.J. Hardy double to left made it 6-4. But Joseph struck out and the Pirates were an out away.

Mancini pinch-hit for Seth Smith and fouled off three straight 2-2 pitches. Then he connected off a changeup and drove it into the right-field seats for the 6-6 tie. The crowd erupted as Mancini hit his eighth homer, but first since May 8. He continues to show impressive ability to drive the ball to right and right center. He is now 3-for-6 as a pinch hitter.

Brad Brach came on to pitch as the game went to the top of the 10th tied 6-6. He retired the side in order.

Much earlier, O's left-hander Wade Miley had a very short and ugly outing. And third baseman Manny Machado got spiked and left the game early.

Machado was covering third on a double steal attempt in the second inning when Andrew McCutchen inadvertently spiked him in the area of his left wrist, which appeared to be cut. Trainer Brian Ebel attended to Machado. When Machado was due up in the last of the third, Rubén Tejada came out to bat for him, but didn't get up. He did take Machado's spot at third base to start the top of the fourth.

The Orioles announced that Machado left the game due to left wrist soreness. He went 0-for-1 in his only at-bat tonight, grounding into a double play to end the first. He is batting .213.

Meanwhile, Miley had a laborious outing, allowing eight hits and four runs over 2 2/3 innings. He faced 18 batters, and 11 reached as the Pirates went 8-for-16 against him.

The No. 8 hitter, catcher Elias Díaz, and No. 9 hitter, second baseman Max Moroff, went a combined 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk against him, with each driving in two runs off the lefty. Miley's ERA jumped from 2.82 to 3.27. He had allowed just three earned runs at home this year over 26 2/3 innings until tonight.

Mike Wright followed him and pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He gave up just one hit over 41 pitches. Edwin Jackson, who had his contract selected today from Triple-A Norfolk, made his O's debut in the seventh and allowed a two-run homer to José Osuna. Osuna hit No. 4 on a slider and drilled it 410 feet into the left-field stands to give Pittsburgh a seemingly safe 6-1 lead.

The Orioles' first run scored in the second off Pittsburgh starter Chad Kuhl. He walked the first two batters and Chris Davis would come around and score on a sac fly by Hyun Soo Kim. The O's made it 6-2 in the eighth when Adam Jones hit a solo homer to center. It was No. 11 for Jones and set the stage for the big rally in the ninth.

The Orioles head to Washington for a one-game rainout makeup tomorrow night. Right-hander Alec Asher (2-3, 3.62 ERA) faces right-hander Joe Ross (2-2, 7.34 ERA).