BALTIMORE -AP- Mark Trumbo led off the 12th inning with his major league-leading 44th home run, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied from a late two-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Friday night.After getting swept in a four-game series by Boston, the Orioles remained a half-game behind Detroit for the AL's second wild card.Baltimore trailed 2-0 before Pedro Alvarez homered in the eighth offEnrique Burgos and Matt Wieters homered against Daniel Hudsonleading off the ninth. 
Oliver Drake (1-0) pitched a scoreless 12th for his first big league win.Matt Koch (1-1) relieved to start the bottom half and Trumbo sent his first pitch over the left-field fence, setting off a celebration.Baltimore, which stranded 14 runners, nearly won the game in the ninth.J.J. Hardy tried to score from second on Adam Jones' single but was thrown out by left fielder Brandon Drury, a play upheld by video review.Arizona built a lead against Yovani Gallardo on RBI doubles by Jake Lamb in the first and Jean Segura in the second. Gallardo has allowed 22 runs in the first inning this season.Arizona's Shelby Miller allowed just three hits in six innings and remained winless since June 20.
Oliver Drake (1-0) pitched a scoreless 12th for his first big league win.Matt Koch (1-1) relieved to start the bottom half and Trumbo sent his first pitch over the left-field fence, setting off a celebration.Baltimore, which stranded 14 runners, nearly won the game in the ninth.J.J. Hardy tried to score from second on Adam Jones' single but was thrown out by left fielder Brandon Drury, a play upheld by video review.Arizona built a lead against Yovani Gallardo on RBI doubles by Jake Lamb in the first and Jean Segura in the second. Gallardo has allowed 22 runs in the first inning this season.Arizona's Shelby Miller allowed just three hits in six innings and remained winless since June 20.
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