Cole Irvin’s return to Oakland went successfully for the left-hander, nevertheless it certainly took a further inning for it to be good for his crew.
Whereas the earlier Athletics starter pitched 5 secure innings, his offense wished a tenth physique to resolve Saturday night time time’s contest. After failing to achieve for the sooner six innings, Baltimore’s bats broke the game open throughout the final one, plating 5 runs en path to a 7-2 victory.
Six Orioles batters each reached base or drove in a run throughout the tenth. Adley Rutschman led off with a stroll, and Ryan Mountcastle adopted with a go-ahead RBI single to achieve automated runner Adam Frazier. After Gunnar Henderson was hit by a pitch, Jordan Westburg drove in Rutschman with a sacrifice fly and Austin Hays launched dwelling Mountcastle with a fielder’s different flooring ball. James McCann then provided two pivotal insurance coverage protection runs with a two-run single to supply the Orioles’ bullpen a giant cushion.
Reliever Jacob Webb hit and walked the first two batters of the tenth, nevertheless the membership’s newest bullpen addition struck out the next three batters for a scoreless inning. Other than Shintaro Fujinami, one different former Athletics pitcher whom the Orioles traded for, the Orioles’ bullpen was wonderful for the second straight night time time.
The help corps pitched 4 shutout frames in Friday night time time’s 9-4 win and allowed just one run in six innings Saturday. Fujinami allowed a solo homer throughout the sixth that tied the game, nevertheless Yennier Cano, Cionel Pérez, Félix Bautista (8-2) and Webb adopted with scoreless outings.
Hays homered throughout the fourth to tie the game at one, and McCann remained scorching with a solo homer two batters later that gave the Orioles a fast 2-1 lead.
Baltimore is 76-47 and a pair of 1/2 video video games up on the Tampa Bay Rays atop the American League standings.
Across the horn
- Earlier than Saturday’s sport, the Orioles positioned outfielder Aaron Hicks on the 10-day injured guidelines with a lower once more strain. Hicks returned from the IL on Monday after nursing a left hamstring strain, went 2-for-3 in the direction of the San Diego Padres and was eradicated with the once more harm. Supervisor Brandon Hyde talked about Hicks’ restoration wasn’t coming alongside as shortly as a result of the membership hoped. His IL stint is retroactive to Wednesday. The veteran has been shut down from doing baseball train, and Hyde expects him to be out for a “couple weeks.”
- Proper-hander Mychal Givens, who Baltimore designated for challenge remaining weekend, was positioned on unconditional launch waivers Saturday. The Orioles signed Givens for $5 million throughout the offseason. He pitched merely 4 ineffective innings for them, spending most of his season on the injured guidelines.
- Outfielder Anthony Santander didn’t play Saturday after being away from Friday’s sport. Hyde talked about the switch-hitter has a sore once more and may “hopefully” be once more throughout the lineup rapidly. “We’ve received numerous unhealthy backs,” Hyde talked about. “Warmth pads are on the backs proper now. It’s the center of August, and these guys have performed numerous baseball. We’ve received bumps and bruises in all places.”
- Beginning pitcher Tyler Wells threw 27 pitches in two innings Saturday for Double-A Bowie, allowing one run on a solo homer. The shorter outing was deliberate as a result of the Orioles proceed to deal with the right-hander’s workload all through what Hyde known as a “reset” throughout the minors. Wells, the Orioles’ most interesting starter throughout the first half of the season, has pitched thrice for the Baysox since he was optioned in late July.
This story may be updated.
Orioles at Athletics
Sunday, 4:07 p.m.
TV: MASN
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