Cowser's 440-Foot Walk-Off Homer Lifts Orioles 5-3 in Game 1

14 articles · Updated · MASNsports.com · May 24

Colton Cowser crushed a 440-foot, three-run homer off Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth, giving Baltimore its first walk-off win of the season and just its second victory when trailing after eight innings.
Kenley Jansen had entered for a four-out save, but walks to Jackson Holliday and Leody Taveras plus a double steal set up Cowser, who came off the bench and recorded his first career walk-off plate appearance.
Brandon Young kept the Orioles close with 6 2/3 innings, allowing two unearned runs on five hits and throwing a career-high 105 pitches as his ERA fell to 3.47.
Gunnar Henderson's 11th homer started Baltimore's comeback after Framber Valdez carried a one-hit shutout into the sixth, and Taylor Ward's eighth-inning RBI single trimmed the deficit to one.
The win moved the Orioles to 23-29 and offered a jolt to a club Cowser said has repeatedly been one hit away from turning close games into momentum.

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