BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer off Trevor May, and the Baltimore Orioles additionally bought a protracted ball from hot-hitting Ryan Mountcastle in an 8-7 victory over the struggling Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

Mountcastle’s sixth house run. his fourth of the four-game sequence, sparked a four-run third inning that offered Baltimore with a 7-4 lead.

Oakland pulled even behind Brent Rooker, who homered twice and drove in 5 runs.

In the ninth, Rutschman drove the second pitch from May (2-1) into the center-field seats. Now in his second season after being chosen No. 1 within the 2019 newbie draft, Rutschman had by no means earlier than ended a giant league sport with a house run.

Félix Bautista (1-1) labored an ideal ninth.

After hitting a first-inning sacrifice fly, Rooker put the A’s up 4-3 with a three-run homer within the third inning and tied the sport at 7 with a solo shot within the fifth. It was his first profession multi-homer sport and first by an Oakland participant this season.

But the Athletics dropped three of 4 in Baltimore to conclude 1-6 journey that started in Tampa Bay.

The sport featured a memorable Orioles debut by Ryan O’Hearn, who had two hits and three RBIs. Obtained for money from Kansas City in January, O’Hearn opened the season within the minors regardless of batting .375 with three homers throughout spring coaching. Summoned from Triple-A Norfolk earlier than the sport, O’Hearn delivered a two-run single within the second inning and added a sacrifice fly in a four-run third that put Baltimore up 7-4.

It was his first three-RBI sport since Aug. 4, 2021, towards the Chicago White Sox.

Oakland starter Adam Oller yielded seven runs and eight hits over 2 1/3 innings earlier than being changed by Adrián Martínez, who struck out 5 in 3 2/3 hitless innings.

Facing the workforce he pitched for in 2021-22, Orioles starter Cole Irvin gave up six runs, 5 hits and a pair of walks in 4 innings. In the begins with Baltimore, Irvin is 0-2 with a ten.66 ERA.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: Reliever Domingo Acevedo acquired an MRI on his again that exposed a “minor strain,” in keeping with supervisor Mark Kotsay, who known as the consequence “good news.” Acevedo was positioned on the 15-day injured record Tuesday.

Orioles: OF Anthony Santander (again) missed a second straight begin however was obtainable off the bench, supervisor Brandon Hyde stated.

UP NEXT

Athletics: RHP James Kaprielian (0-1, 11.17 ERA) faces the visiting New York Mets on Friday evening within the opener of a three-game set.

Orioles: RHP Tyler Wells (0-1, 3.27) helps Baltimore launch a three-game sequence in Chicago towards the White Sox on Friday evening.

Copyright © 2023 The Washington Times, LLC.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com