Orioles spin four-hitter to salvage finale in opposition to A’s

Dylan Beavers hit a go-ahead single in the sixth inning and four Baltimore pitchers combined on a 4-hitter for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Athletics on Sunday afternoon that avoided a series sweep.

Chris Bassitt (3-2) struck out six and allowed one run over six innings. Rico Garcia worked the ninth and earned his third save despite issuing a walk.

Beavers and Gunnar Henderson had two hits apiece for the Orioles, who snapped a three-game skid by winning for the third time in their last 11 games.

Athletics leadoff man Nick Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 34 games, the longest active mark in the majors, with an eighth-inning walk. Tyler Soderstrom had a double to highlight the team’s four hits.

Athletics starter Luis Severino (2-4) was charged with two runs on six hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out four.

The Athletics were aiming for their second four-game winning streak this season.

The Orioles used Keegan Akin for one shutout inning as an opener, then Bassitt came in and worked through the seventh. Bassitt scattered four hits and one walk.

Baltimore’s Anthony Nunez pitched the eighth before Garcia, who notched one strikeout, again served as the closer with Ryan Helsley on the injured list. Orioles pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and four walks.

The Athletics, who wrapped up their six-game road trip atop the AL West, went up 1-0 on Carlos Cortes’ second-inning sacrifice fly.

Henderson’s run-scoring infield single brought the Orioles even in the third.

The Orioles loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth and didn’t convert. They stranded eight runners in the game.

But in the next inning, Beavers came through on a nine-pitch at-bat with a go-ahead single. That marked the end of Severino’s outing.

Athletics reliever Justin Sterner worked out of a bases-loaded jam by recording two strikeouts.

–Field Level Media