O's OF 1st position player to earn save in history

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    Even after a postgame beer shower from his ecstatic Baltimore Orioles teammates, Stevie Wilkerson was shocked to learn he had just become the first position player in major league history to earn a save.

    The Orioles center fielder certainly couldn't believe he did it by throwing a perfect 16th inning way past midnight with a bunch of tepid lobs that never topped 56 mph.

    "I don't think I've wrapped my head around it yet," Wilkerson said. "It was a wild game. It was crazy. I'm just glad I was a part of it."

    Wilkerson's performance as the Orioles' 10th pitcher was only the final flourish on a 6-hour, 19-minute epic that might have been struggling Baltimore's best win of the season.

    Jonathan Villar threw out the Los Angeles Angels' potential winning run at the plate in the 15th inning and then hit a two-run homer in the 16th as the Orioles persevered for a wild 10-8 victory early Friday.

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