BALTIMORE — Ryan McKenna entered the game as a defensive replacement in a routine ninth-inning substitution.
Then plans quickly changed — and it turned out the Baltimore Orioles would need his bat.
McKenna hit in the bottom of the 10th to give the Orioles a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
When McKenna replaced Anthony Santander in right field, Baltimore was trying to protect a one-run lead, but he could only watch as Mike Ford’s tying homer off closer Félix Bautista sailed past.
So the game went to extra innings. The Mariners weren’t able to advance their
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