Orioles sweep Pirates as Dylan Beavers caps another late rally in 3-2 win

Matt Weyrich, The Baltimore Sun on Sep 11, 2025

Published in Baseball

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BALTIMORE — It wasn’t a walk-off this time, but the win counts just the same.

The Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Thursday as Dylan Beavers, the latest walk-off hero from their victory Wednesday night, came through again with a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh to break the tie and help Baltimore (69-77) win its eighth game in its last nine tries.

Four of the Orioles’ wins over that stretch have come on walk-off hits, a sudden reversal in fortune after the ballclub went the longest any team without one to start the season. Beavers ensured it wouldn’t come to that again Thursday, coming to the plate with two outs and left-handed reliever Evan Sisk on the mound and driving in Jackson Holliday from second with a groundball up the middle on a 3-2 sweeper on the outer half of the strike zone.

Coby Mayo and Emmanuel Rivera chipped in with RBI singles of their own as the offense once again did just enough to squeeze out a win. The Orioles have won by exactly one run in six of their past eight victories as the pitching staff has held opponents to three runs per game over that span.

Cade Povich allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings and the bullpen behind him navigated some traffic on the base paths to keep Pittsburgh off the scoreboard the rest of the way. Povich allowed a run in each of the first two innings including a solo homer to center fielder Alexander Canario in the second, but he settled in and finished with five hits, two walks and six strikeouts before interim manager Tony Mansolino lifted him for Yennier Cano in the sixth.

Cano nearly allowed the Pirates to jump in front when he allowed a single and threw a wild pitch to put two runners in scoring position. However, he struck out Joey Bart to end the threat. Grant Wolfram and Kade Strowd then followed with scoreless frames to give the Orioles’ offense enough time to string together a rally and Keegan Akin worked around a one-out single before Alex Jackson threw out pinch runner Oneil Cruz attempting to steal second base to end the game.

Instant analysis

Other than the 3-1 fastball that he left over the middle on Canario’s home run, Povich was as impressive as he’s been the entire second half Thursday. The left-hander generated 17 whiffs, one short of his career high, and came within an out of just his second quality start since April.

Povich, 25, has gotten a much longer runway than expected to prove that he belongs this season and the overall results have been mixed at best, producing a 5.05 ERA. One strong outing against the lowly Pirates won’t do much to convince the front office to make him a key part of its rotation plans for next season, but no one in the Orioles’ rotation would benefit more from a strong finish these last few weeks than Povich.

The Orioles will enter the offseason with seven starting pitchers under contract and Povich is firmly in the No. 6 spot on that depth chart behind Trevor Rogers, Kyle Bradish, Grayson Rodriguez, Dean Kremer and Tyler Wells and in front of Brandon Young. With the club likely to make some offseason additions, a good final impression could go a long way in ensuring Povich is still in the mix as a depth option or bullpen arm next spring.

On deck

The Orioles wrapped up an eventful homestand Thursday before heading to the airport for their final multi-city road trip of the season. They’ll take on the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend with Trevor Rogers and Tomoyuki Sugano slated to start the first two contests before a bullpen game Sunday that will allow Dean Kremer (forearm) to skip a start.

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