Orioles' Dylan Beavers walks off Rays for 6-5 win in final home game

Matt Weyrich, The Baltimore Sun on Sep 25, 2025

Published in Baseball

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BALTIMORE — With their most disappointing season in years nearing a close, the Orioles gave Camden Yards one last finish to remember in their final home game of 2025.

Coby Mayo crushed a game-tying, two-run home run in the eighth and Dylan Beavers hit a walk-off homer an inning later to beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-5, on Thursday afternoon. It was the second walk-off hit for the rookie Beavers in 15 days and the Orioles’ fifth overall in their past 13 home games.

“It was awesome, especially going down early,” Beavers said. “We battled back. We didn’t roll over. We kept fighting in that game. Coby had that huge swing to put us back in it. It was awesome, sending the fans back home with something good. It was awesome.”

Cade Povich allowed five runs over 5 2/3 innings and Ryan Mountcastle hit his 98th career home run in what could be his final game at Camden Yards as a member of the home team. The Rays tallied 15 hits on the afternoon and limited the struggling Orioles (75-84) to two runs behind opener Drew Rasmussen and bulk reliever Jesse Scholtens over the first seven frames, but three scoreless innings from the home bullpen kept Baltimore in it.

Despite navigating heavy traffic for most of his outing, Povich went into the sixth looking for a quality start with three runs in the third representing the only damage against him. However, Tampa Bay chased him from the game on an RBI double by second baseman Tristan Gray that would’ve been a two-run knock had Jeremiah Jackson and Jorge Mateo not combined to nab the trail runner at home.

Yaramil Hiraldo then took over for Povich and allowed the inherited runner to score, raising Povich’s final ERA for the season to 5.21 in 22 games (20 starts). The left-hander spent the entire season, save for some time on the injured list, in the major leagues for the first time in his young career but is likely to face increased competition for a rotation spot next year.

“I think there were some times where I showed some really good things and maybe showed what I have or what I could have, but at this level, just showing flashes or showing things here and there isn’t going to be good enough,” Povich said. “So, I think just try to figure out what those are, try to take away from this year, take some time to reflect on the season, what I did well, why the things that didn’t go great didn’t go great.”

The Rays held their 5-2 lead until the eighth, when the Orioles’ bats finally came alive. Mountcastle scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to two and Mayo tied the game with two outs on a home run over the deepest part of the left-field wall — his 10th long ball of the season.

“Big confidence booster, always better to end the season on a high note,” said Mayo, who has been one of the Orioles’ most productive hitters in September. “Gives you that confidence going into the offseason. Leaves a good taste in your mouth and the front office, fans, teammates, kind of what they remember in the last, hopefully, last few weeks.”

It was a rally that never would’ve happened had Kade Strowd not pitched a clean seventh and Rico García worked his way out of a jam with the bases loaded and nobody out in the eighth. Keegan Akin then followed Mayo’s blast with a scoreless ninth to set up Beavers, who led off the inning and smacked the first pitch he saw into the right-field flag court.

“I don’t think I’ve been part of a team that had so much determination, even when we’re behind,” Beavers said. “Close games, where every guy is trying to get the job done and no matter what the score is. We were down a good few runs today. Nobody is mailing it in. We’re trying to win until the last pitch is thrown.”

On deck

Three games against the New York Yankees are what separate the Orioles from their early offseason. Baltimore named Trevor Rogers, Tomoyuki Sugano and Kyle Bradish its probable pitchers for the weekend. It’ll be a consequential series for New York, which entered play Thursday tied with the Toronto Blue Jays atop the AL East at 90-68.

Around the horn

— Jackson Holliday underwent an MRI on his knee after missing Wednesday night’s game against the Rays. He told Mansolino on Thursday morning that the knee had improved but the team decided to wait and see the results of the imaging before deciding when to put him back in the lineup.

— After his X-rays were negative for a fracture, Samuel Basallo also got the day off Thursday to recover from the pitch from Tampa Bay closer Pete Fairbanks that hit him in the right wrist. Basallo said that he plans to play in Baltimore’s final series against the Yankees.

— The Orioles announced Thursday that they claimed right-hander Carson Ragsdale back from the Atlanta Braves and optioned him to their Florida complex. Ragsdale posted a 3.47 ERA in seven games for Triple-A Norfolk before struggling in his MLB debut with Baltimore on Sept. 14. The club designated fellow reliever Dom Hamel for assignment in a corresponding move.