Orioles wake up on Coby Mayo’s clutch home run to beat Yankees

Monday, the Baltimore Orioles were sleepwalking to another lifeless loss. In a season filled with ignominious defeats, this one had the potential to be the worst. Baltimore’s bats were being no-hit through six innings by New York Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers, the latest evidence that hitting left-handed starters is the Orioles’ ...

BALTIMORE — Twelve minutes changed everything. At 8:27 p. m.

Monday, the Baltimore Orioles were sleepwalking to another lifeless loss. In a season filled with ignominious defeats, this one had the potential to be the worst. Baltimore’s bats were being no-hit through six innings by New York Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers, the latest evidence that hitting left-handed starters is the Orioles’ “Achilles heel,” as manager Craig Albernaz bluntly put it.

Twelve minutes later, the Orioles came back to life and silenced the large contingent of New York fans at Camden Yards with a 3-2 victory. After Adley Rutschman broke up Weathers’ no-hit bid earlier in the seventh inning, it was a hitter not originally in Monday’s lineup who came through with perhaps the most important hit of the season thus far. Coby Mayo, who was inserted into the lineup 50 minutes before first pitch to replace the scratched Samuel Basallo, clobbered the third pitch he saw from lefty reliever Brent Headrick for a three-run homer down the left-field line.