OAKLAND, Calif. — Kyle Bradish had eight strikeouts in six dominant innings, Jorge Mateo hit an inside-the-park residence run and the Baltimore Orioles beat the last-place Oakland Athletics 12-1 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.

Ryan Mountcastle prolonged his on-base streak to a career-high 26 video games with three hits together with his seventeenth residence run to tempo the Orioles’ 17-hit assault. Gunnar Henderson hit his twenty first to go together with two doubles and a triple, and Austin Hays added a two-run single as Baltimore received its sixth in eight video games and improved to an AL-best 77-47.

Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde was impressed by the workforce’s 6-3 report on its second-longest street journey of the season.

“It shows you the grit and grind of our guys,” Hyde mentioned. ”It’s not simple to come back out to the West Coast. Everybody’s drained right this moment. Everybody’s (been) drained the final couple of days. Travel will get to you.”

Baltimore accomplished the journey in good trend, getting stable pitching from Bradish and an offense that had seven extra-base hits.

It’s the fourth time this season the Orioles have had 17 hits or extra. It’s the primary time the Orioles hit 30 video games over .500 since ending 2014 at 96-66.

Brent Rooker hit his twentieth residence run for the A’s, who dropped their eighth in 9 video games and have been eradicated from competition within the AL West whereas being swept for the seventeenth time this season to match an Oakland-era report (1978).

“That’s the best team in the American League and they came in here and showed why,” A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned of the Orioles. ”They do every thing properly.”

The A’s fell to 34-90, the primary time that they’ve been 56 video games underneath .500 for the reason that franchise was in Philadelphia and completed 49-105 in 1946.

Bradish (8-6) was overpowering all afternoon in his first profession begin towards the A’s, permitting two hits and one stroll. He struck out the facet within the first on 13 pitches, whiffed seven of the primary 9 general and didn’t enable a base runner till Zack Gelof’s one-out single within the fourth.

“I was locating down and away where I’ve been trying to the past few outings,” Bradish mentioned. ”I do know I’m able to doing this each trip, placing up good numbers, having an excellent offense behind me. The complete workforce did properly.”

The Orioles pitcher was nonetheless upstaged by teammate Mateo, the previous A’s farmhand who spent practically three years in Oakland’s minor leagues earlier than being traded to San Diego in 2020. Baltimore signed him off waivers in 2021.

Mateo crushed an 0-1 pitch from JP Sears (2-10) that bounced off the wall in left-center between two A’s outfielders then rolled rapidly again onto the sphere. Oakland left fielder Tony Kemp chased the ball down however Mateo was properly on his means and slid headfirst into residence.

It’s the twenty sixth inside-the-park residence run in Orioles historical past and the primary since Trey Mancini did it towards Tampa Bay on July 28, 2022.

“I honestly thought they were going to catch the ball,” Mateo mentioned by way of a translator. ”Once I noticed the ball hit the filth then I actually began to take off.”

Mountcastle, whose on-base streak is the longest lively within the majors, singled within the first and third innings then homered within the fourth, his second in 5 days.

Henderson, who barely missed a house run within the fourth, had a no-doubter off Zach Neal within the seventh that clanged off the foul pole in proper.

He got here as much as bat within the eighth needing a single to finish the cycle however doubled, resisting the urge to cease at first base for the milestone.

“It kind of went through my head before the at-bat … but I just play the game hard,” Henderson mentioned. ”A double, the chance was there. That was simply the best way I play. Wasn’t meant to be.”

Rooker homered off Nick Vespi main off the seventh.

Vespi retired six batters whereas former A’s pitcher Shintaro Fujinami obtained the ultimate three out to finish the four-hitter.

Sears misplaced his third straight choice after considered one of his worst outings of the season. Sears allowed 9 hits and a profession high-tying seven runs with 4 strikeouts.

SOLO DOUBLE UP

A’s first baseman Seth Brown made the defensive play of the sport within the sixth when he snared Mateo’s line drive then reached over together with his glove and tagged the bag to double up Ryan McKenna, who had walked.

ROSTER MOVES

Orioles: RHP Mychal Givens was launched, in the future after Baltimore positioned him on unconditional waivers.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: RF Anthony Santander was held out of the lineup for a second consecutive day due to decrease again ache.

Athletics: RHP Austin Pruitt was positioned on the 15-day injured checklist with a strained forearm. It’s the twenty ninth time this season that the workforce has put a participant on the IL, breaking the Oakland period report for a non-Covid season. RHP Dany Jiménez was referred to as up from Triple-A Las Vegas.

UP NEXT

Orioles: Hyde has not named a starter for Tuesday’s recreation towards the Blue Jays at Camden Yards.

Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn (3-3, 4.09) faces the Royals on Monday in Oakland. Blackburn pitched seven scoreless innings in his final begin towards St. Louis final Wednesday and has allowed one run or fewer in six of his 13 begins general this season.

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