Cedric Mullins hit a tie breaking single up the middle against Buck Farmer in a four-run ninth to deliver a 6-2 for the Baltimore Orioles.
Trey Mancini singled home a run and Ryan Mountcastle hit a sacrifice fly to completer the scoring.
Farmer walked Ramon Urias to start his downfall. Rougned Odor doubled to put runners on second and third with no outs. Mullins came through.
Dauri Moreta hit Anthony Santander, who had three hits, in the thigh.
Santander thought it was intentional and took two or three steps toward the mound. Both bullpens and benches emptied but order was quickly restored.
"He was upset that I called time out," Santander said through an interpreter. "I get it. Pitchers don't like when you call time out late in the at bat but at the same time, you can't throw pitches that far inside. It wasn't that I took steps to the mound but I had to let him know how I felt and I knew it was intentional."
Both teams have players coveted by teams in playoff contention.
The Orioles started play within three games of Tampa Bay for the final wild card spot in the American League. A good showing in the weekend series against the Reds could help determine if they will maintain their current roster or sell off players. The Reds are way behind in the race.
Joey Votto got the Reds off to a fast start with his ninth home run of the season with a runner on in the first. Kyle Bradish, reinstated from the injured list before the game started for Baltimore.
Bradish finished five innings, allowing just the runs generated by Votto. He allowed five hits, and struck out seven with no walks.
Santander hit his 18th home run of the season with a runner on to tie the game in the sixth. It was the 15th home run Mike Minor has allowed in his 10 starts.
Minor pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He walked three and struck out four. Joel Kuhnel relieved Minor.
The Reds put two runners on against reliever Joey Krehbiel in the sixth but Cionel Perez struck out Donovan Solano to presevere the tie.
The Reds had a chance in the seventh. Michael Papierski walked to reach base for the third time against Perez. Jonathan India reached on an infield single. Dillon Tate relieved him with a pitch got away from catcher Adley Rutschman but not far. Papierski took off for third and the throw beat him but the third base umpire ruled that Lopez missed the tag. The call was reversed on the Orioles video challenge.
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