Athletics 1, at Baltimore 2

BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings in relief and Leody Taveras threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh inning to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 victory over the Athletics on Sunday afternoon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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 inning. Bassitt entered in the second and yielded only one run on four hits over six innings, striking out… Read more...