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05/09 18:03 CDT Rooker's 3-run homer and Civale's 5th-inning escape help the
A's to a 6-2 win over the Orioles
Rooker's 3-run homer and Civale's 5th-inning escape help the A's to a 6-2 win
over the Orioles
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and
the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 on Saturday.
Aaron Civale (4-1) pitched five scoreless innings for the A's. Shane Baz (1-4)
allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings for Baltimore, which lost for the eighth
time in 10 games and received boos from the home crowd.
Nick Kurtz doubled twice for the A's and has now reached base in 33 straight
games. He led off the first with a two-base hit and then scored on a single by
Shea Langeliers.
Rooker's fifth homer of the season made it 4-0. Then the Orioles left Baz in to
face the top of the order a third time in the fifth. Kurtz doubled, stole third
without a throw and scored on a sacrifice fly by Langeliers. Baz's outing ended
when he was hit with a pitch clock violation for ball four to Rooker.
Baz was Baltimore's big offseason addition to a pitching staff that needed
help. The Orioles then signed him to a $68 million, five-year contract that
went well beyond what this front office had previously been willing to commit
to a pitcher. In eight starts this season, he has a 5.48 ERA.
Baltimore loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth, but Civale worked out
of the jam against some of the Orioles' most imposing hitters. Adley Rutschman
struck out, and Pete Alonso and Samuel Basallo hit shallow flyballs.
Pinch-hitter Colton Cowser broke up the shutout with a two-run single in the
eighth. Colby Thomas drove in the final run for the A's with a ninth-inning
single.
Jacob Wilson of the Athletics unsuccessfully challenged called third strikes in
both the second and third innings, meaning the team couldn't call for any more
ABS reviews after that.
Up next
The A's go for a three-game sweep Sunday with Luis Severino (2-3, 4.15 ERA) on
the mound. Chris Bassitt (2-2, 5.91) starts for Baltimore against the franchise
he played for from 2015-21.
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