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For the first time in exactly two years, it looked like the Baltimore Orioles were going to get swept.
Then Adley Rutschman saved the day.
Rutschman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to power the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards.
The win means the Orioles split what ended up being a two-game series with the Blue Jays after Tuesday’s game was rained out. Baltimore has now gone 105 straight regular-season series of at least two games without being swept. That’s an American League record and the third-longest run in major-league history.
The Orioles are one more series away from matching the New York Giants, who went 106 straight series without being swept from 1903 to 1905. The St. Louis Cardinals hold the all-time record with 125 straight series, which they pulled off from 1942 to '44 while winning two World Series titles. The New York Yankees are fourth on that list, though they made it just 83 series in the 1920s.
If all goes well, the Orioles could surpass the all-time mark in their series against the Blue Jays that starts on July 29. Their most recent sweep in the regular season came May 13-15, 2022, when they lost three straight to the Detroit Tigers. The Orioles were swept in the ALDS against the Texas Rangers last season, but playoffs don't count for the streak.
The Blue Jays carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning Wednesday after Bo Bichette hit a two-run double in the third. That came after Jordan Westburg hit a solo home run in the opening inning. The Orioles are the first team since 1983 to have leadoff home run and a walk-off home run account for all of their runs in a game.
The Orioles now hold a 27-14 record, which is good for first in the AL East. The Blue Jays are last in the division at 19-23, 8.5 games back from the Orioles.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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