The Orioles tied the game at 3 in the 9th inning but the Cubs got the last laugh with Justin Turner hitting a walk-off home run in Chicago.

I don’t know that anyone expected a series win against a contending team, but the Orioles came pretty close. Decent starting pitching, relief pitching Houdini acts, and a ninth-inning comeback weren’t enough to avoid the walk-off loss.

On yet another gorgeous weather day at Wrigley Field Sunday, Turner turned that into a walkoff home run. One pitch is all he needed, a fastball right down the middle: ... and Wrigley Field exploded, as Turner’s blast gave the Cubs a much-needed 5-3 win over the Orioles.

Tomoyuki Sugano and the Baltimore Orioles look to even the series against Matthew Boyd and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at Wrigley Field.

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