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05/10 15:26 CDT Bassitt, Beavers and Taveras help the Orioles avoid a sweep
with a 2-1 win over the Athletics
Bassitt, Beavers and Taveras help the Orioles avoid a sweep with a 2-1 win over
the Athletics
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings in relief and Leody
Taveras threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh to lift
the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Sunday.
The Orioles announced shortly before the game that left-hander Keegan Akin
would start on the mound instead of Bassitt, and that ploy worked out when Akin
struck out two in a 1-2-3 first and then Bassitt (3-2) came in and yielded only
one run in six innings.
Baltimore left the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth, but in the latter
inning took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Dylan Beavers that chased A's
starter Luis Severino (2-4).
Anthony Nunez walked two in the eighth but struck out Brent Rooker and got
Tyler Soderstrom on a flyout to keep the Orioles in front. Rico Garcia worked a
hitless ninth for his third save, preventing a three-game sweep by the A's.
Carlos Cortes hit a sacrifice fly for the Athletics to open the scoring in the
second, but Gunnar Henderson's run-scoring infield single evened the score in
the third.
In the sixth, Samuel Basallo doubled and went to third on Taveras' single.
After Taveras stole second, Beavers capped a nine-pitch at-bat with a base hit
to left.
In the seventh, the A's had a runner on second when Zack Gelof singled to
center. Taveras' throw was in time to get Cortes in a collision at the plate.
Orioles infield coach Miguel Cairo was ejected in the third, and A's shortstop
Jacob Wilson left in the fifth with a shoulder injury.
Up next The A's are off Monday before sending Jeffrey Springs (3-2) to the mound Tuesday night at home against St. Louis. The Orioles had not announced a starting pitcher for Monday night's home game against the New York Yankees. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next The A's are off Monday before sending Jeffrey Springs (3-2) to the mound Tuesday night at home against St. Louis. The Orioles had not announced a starting pitcher for Monday night's home game against the New York Yankees. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
