Athletics at Baltimore Orioles
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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.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Urías flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | Urshela grounded out to pitcher. |
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9th Inning | Thomas struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Akin relieved Cano |
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9th Inning | Thomas hit for Butler |
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8th Inning | Westburg grounded out to third. |
Statistics
 ATH |
 BAL |
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|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game Information
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 20,796 | Capacity: