Athletics at Baltimore Orioles

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Athletics

51-67, 28-33 Away

Final
2 - 3

Baltimore Orioles

53-63, 28-27 Home

Back-to-back homers by Rutschman and Mountcastle in 1st send Orioles to 3-2 win over Athletics

Tomoyuki Sugano (9-5), a 35-year-old rookie from Japan, allowed one run and five hits in seven innings. Yennier Cano yielded a run in the eighth before Keegan Akin closed it out with a scoreless ninth for his second save.

Gunnar Henderson drew a two-out walk from rookie J.T. Ginn in the first and Rutschman followed with his ninth home run. Mountcastle hit his third homer after being activated from the 60-day injured list prior to the game.

Lawrence Butler doubled leading off the fifth before advancing on a groundout and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Luis Urías to cut it to 3-1.

Nick Kurtz singled and scored on Tyler Soderstrom's two-out base hit in the eighth to get the A's within a run.

Ginn (2-4) allowed three runs and three hits in five innings with a season-high nine strikeouts. He permitted one hit over his final four innings. Ben Bowden, Tyler Ferguson and Elvis Alvarado each pitched a scoreless inning.

Baltimore (53-63) has won two straight.

The Athletics (51-67) took two of three at home against the Orioles in June.

Key moment Mountcastle's home run came on the third pitch he saw in his first game since May 30.

Key stat The Athletics' 4.96 ERA is the worst in the AL, with the Orioles one spot up at 4.87.

Up next Athletics rookie Jack Perkins (0-2, 3.97 ERA) makes his second start Saturday opposite Orioles rookie Brandon Young (0-5, 5.88).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Urías flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Urshela grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Thomas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Akin relieved Cano
	9th Inning	Thomas hit for Butler
	8th Inning	Westburg grounded out to third.

Statistics

ATH		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	9
5	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	26
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	3
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.1	Runs Created	1.7
.219	Batting Average	.115
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.346
.094	Secondary Average	.385
.278	On Base Percentage	.207
.528	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.553
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
17.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	13.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.07
.031	Isolated Power	.231
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.269
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
71.5	MLB Rating	69.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0