Ryan Mountcastle tied the Orioles franchise record for RBIs in a game with nine in the team's 12-8 win over Oakland Tuesday night.
Our King making history. pic.twitter.com/PZxapxzBtU
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 12, 2023
It was a career day for Mountcastle, whose previous high for RBI in a game was four, most recently on September 3, 2022, also against the A's.
Baltimore needed every bit of his historic performance in its comeback win. His first RBI came on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first with the Orioles down 1-0. Two innings later, he tied the game at two when he drove Jorge Mateo in with a single to center field.
The fireworks really got going in the bottom of the fifth with Baltimore trailing 7-3. Mountcastle closed the gap to one with a three-run shot to center.
Dear Mounty, count us in pic.twitter.com/RMbPoDQRFS
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 12, 2023
Coming to the plate in the seventh inning with five RBI, Mountcastle blasted a 456-foot grand slam to give Baltimore a five-run lead that proved too big for Oakland to overcome.
AS GRAND AS IT GETS pic.twitter.com/p5OCIUlMU9
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 12, 2023
Entering the game, Mountcastle had nine RBI through the first 10 games of the season.
Per The Baltimore Sun's Nathan Ruiz, thanks to the outburst, he joins Chris Davis as the only two players in franchise history with at least five home runs and 18 RBI through 11 games.
Orioles with 5+ home runs, 18+ RBIs in the first 11 games of the season:
— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) April 12, 2023
Ryan Mountcastle, 2023
Chris Davis, 2013
That's the complete list.
That season, Davis led the majors with 53 home runs and 138 RBI. In a tough AL East, a special season like that might be needed from Mountcastle. He's off to a good start.
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