BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Samuel Basallo hit a solo homer off Tanner Scott with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.
It was his second homer since Saturday, on a 1-2 pitch that travelled 433 feet to right center field, lifting the Orioles to their second walk off win of the season. It was Basallo’s first career homer at Oriole Park. It was the Orioles' first walk off home run since Anthony Santander last Sept 19 against San Francisco.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after striking out swinging during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, center, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo, right, during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo celebrates after hitting a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo, left, celebrates after hitting a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Dean Kremer and six relievers held the Dodgers to five hits. Kremer left after three hitless innings with right knee discomfort. He walked one and struck out four.
Yennier Cano (3-6) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.
Tanner Scott (1-3), the seventh Dodgers pitcher, took the loss.
Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings and Freddie Freeman hit his 19th homer, but Los Angeles lost its fourth in a row. The Dodgers are 4-13 in their last 17 games against teams with a losing record.
Ohtani stepped in for Tyler Glasnow, who was scratched with back stiffness. The five-time All-Star allowed three hits with one walk, striking out five.
Jackson Holliday scored the first Orioles run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning.
Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing exited in the sixth inning with a right lower leg contusion after getting hit fouling off a pitch from Orioles right-hander Kade Strowd. Rushing was replaced by catcher Ben Rortvedt.
Ohtani replaced Glasnow five hours before first pitch. Glasnow’s back stiffened Thursday night and manager Dave Roberts believes the right-hander will be able to return early next week.
In a contest where the starters for each team were unable to complete four innings, the teams combined to use 13 pitchers in a game that took 3:01 to complete.
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8, 2.82 ERA) opposes Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (8-2, 1.39) on Saturday. The Orioles will honor Hall of Famer Cal Ripken’s 30th anniversary of his 2,131st consecutive games played on Sept. 6, 1995, passing Yankees legend Lou Gehrig.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after striking out swinging during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, center, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo, right, during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo celebrates after hitting a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo, left, celebrates after hitting a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean,” she said.
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Several U.S. government social media accounts posted brief videos that appeared to show various parts of the ship’s capture. Black-and-white footage showed at least four helicopters approaching the ship before hovering over the deck while armed troops dropped down by rope. At least nine people could be seen on the deck of the ship.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Thursday, Noem declined to say how many sanctioned oil tankers the U.S. is tracking or whether the government is keeping tabs on freighters beyond the Caribbean Sea.
“I can’t speak to the specifics of the operation, although we are watching the entire shadow fleet and how they’re moving,” she told reporters.
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro’s capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Associated Press writer Ben Finley contributed to this report.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
