Baltimore Orioles at Athletics

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

66-69, 32-35 Away

Final
4 - 3

Athletics

53-82, 25-42 Home

Mayo, Encarnacion-Strand lift the Orioles past the Athletics, 4-3 in 10 innings

Baltimore Orioles vs. Athletics Game Highlights

The Orioles pulled within two games of Cleveland for the final AL wild card.

Automatic runner Carlos Narváez started the 10th on second base and rookie Brady Basso (0-1) intentionally walked Pete Alonso with one out. Jackson Holliday struck out after Gunnar Henderson came in to pinch run for Alonso, and Mayo and Encarnacion-Strand each drove in a run for a 4-2 lead.

Brandon Young pitched seven innings and allowed a run on five hits and a walk in a start for Baltimore, leaving with a 2-1 lead. Andrew Kittredge (3-3) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win and rookie Alex Hoppe allowed an RBI single by Zack Gelof before closing out the 10th for his first save.

Athletics starter Jacob Lopez hit Mayo with a pitch leading off the second then walked Leodys Taveras with one out. Dylan Beavers drove in Mayo with a two-out single and Taveras scored on a fielding error by Lopez for a 2-0 lead. Lopez gave up two runs — one earned — on three hits and three walks over five innings.

Jonah Heim hit his 12th homer — a two-out shot off Young in the seventh to cut it to 2-1.

Rico Garcia hit Henry Bolte in the helmet with a pitch leading off the eighth. Jeff McNeil singled and Gelof advanced both with a sacrifice bunt. Lawrence Butler tied it with a single to left, but Beavers threw McNeil out at home plate. Yennier Cano retired pinch hitter Donovan Walter on a flyout to center to keep it 2-2.

Baltimore (66-69) had a streak of 15 straight games with a home run end.

Up next The Athletics had not announced their starter to oppose Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-14, 4.04) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Butler grounded out to second.
	10th Inning	Gelof singled to center, Williams scored.
	10th Inning	McNeil flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Bolte struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Hoppe relieved Kittredge
	10th Inning	Henderson as designated hitter.

Statistics

BAL		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
2	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	22
1	Caught Stealing	0
173	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	12
42	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.5	Runs Created	3.7
.171	Batting Average	.243
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.324
.200	Secondary Average	.135
.310	On Base Percentage	.282
.510	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
23.0	Batter Rating	25.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.33
.029	Isolated Power	.081
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.025
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.108
7.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.5	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0