PHILADELPHIA — Colton Cowser hit a tiebreaking double within the ninth inning after serving to to throw out the potential go-ahead run within the eighth to carry the surging Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night time.

Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Westburg went deep for the AL-East main Orioles, who've received 13 of 16 video games. Baltimore is 2 1/2 video games forward of the idle Tampa Bay.

Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber drove in runs for the defending NL champion Phillies. Philadelphia has misplaced 5 of six.

Cowser entered as a defensive alternative for Aaron Hicks within the third inning after Hicks was damage making a diving catch. The Orioles led 2-1 within the eighth when Castellanos lined a two-out single to heart with runners on first and second. Schwarber scored simply from second, and Bryce Harper tried to place Philadelphia forward by reaching house from first base. But shortstop Jorge Mateo took Cowser’s throw and fired house to catcher James McCann, whose tag in Harper’s chest simply received him earlier than his hand touched the plate.

After Gunnar Henderson walked with one out and went to second on a wild pitch within the ninth, Cowser lined a double to left off Craig Kimbrel (6-2) that went off the glove of diving left fielder Schwarber.

Bryan Baker (4-3) was on the mound for Castellanos’ hit and was credited with the victory.

Cionel Pérez pitched out of bother within the ninth for his first save.

Westburg put Baltimore in entrance 1-0 within the second with a solo shot. The opposite-field drive to proper on a 1-0, 90 mph sinker was the primary profession house run for Westburg, a 2020 first-round decide who made his big-league debut June 26.

The Phillies tied it within the fifth on Schwarber’s sacrifice fly earlier than the Orioles went again in entrance within the sixth on Mountcastle’s one-out homer to heart.

HARPER HAPPENINGS

After taking part in a pair of video games at first base in a weekend sequence at Cleveland for his first motion within the discipline since final April, Harper was again at DH to start the three-game sequence. He had two hits. Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned previous to the competition that Harper would play first base on Tuesday. The two-time NL MVP made a spectacular catch, touchdown within the digicam nicely, in opposition to the Guardians on Friday night time in his first-ever recreation at first base.

TURNER’S TROUBLES

Philadelphia shortstop Trea Turner made a pair of fielding errors earlier than getting ejected within the fifth inning by home-plate umpire Will Little for arguing a referred to as third strike. The 30-year-old is within the first season of an 11-year, $300 million free-agent deal he signed within the offseason. He now has 12 errors in 98 video games.

FOR STARTERS

Orioles right-hander Dean Kremer allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks in seven innings.

Cristopher Sánchez gave up two runs on 4 hits in seven innings to decrease his ERA to 2.97 in eight begins. The 26-year-old struck out a career-high eight and walked none.

RING FOR GIBSON

Phillies proprietor John Middleton and staff president David Dombrowski offered Orioles right-hander Kyle Gibson along with his National League championship ring in a pregame ceremony. Gibson helped Philadelphia attain the World Series final season when he went 10-8 with a 5.05 ERA in 31 begins.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Hicks left the sport with a left hamstring cramp after a diving catch of Johan Rojas’ liner. Replays confirmed that Hicks really dropped the ball, however the Phillies didn't problem the umpires’ name on the sphere.

Phillies: Right-handed reliever Seranthony Domínguez (left indirect pressure) struck out the facet in a scoreless inning at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Sunday.

UP NEXT

Philadelphia RHP Taijuan Walker (11-4, 4.11 ERA) opposes Gibson (9-6, 4.76) on Tuesday night time within the second contest of the three-game sequence.

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