Four homers help Orioles blast A's
The Sports Xchange
Aug 21, 2017
BALTIMORE -- Adam Jones homered twice as part of a four-hit night, and Jonathan Schoop and Welington Castillo also went deep as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland A's 7-3 on Monday.
Jones tied a career high with the four hits, going 4-for-4. He hit a solo shot in the second inning to give Baltimore a 2-1 lead. His second homer came right after Schoop's three-run shot in the fifth inning.
The back-to-back homers gave the Orioles (61-64) a 6-1 lead.
For Jones, it was the second multi-homer game of the season and the 12th of his career.
Castillo went deep in the eighth.
That was enough to give starter Wade Miley (7-10) his second victory in three starts. Miley lasted six-plus innings and allowed two runs and five hits. He fanned six but struggled with his control again, walking four.
Zach Britton came on in the ninth with two on and two outs to get his 11th save of the season. He has converted 60 in a row dating to last year.
Oakland starter Chris Smith (0-3) allowed five runs (four earned) and six hits in 4 1/3 innings, including the first two homers.
Jed Lowrie and Boog Powell both hit solo homers for Oakland (54-71). For Powell, it was his first major league homer.
The A's took a 1-0 lead in the second on a Matt Chapman double. Ryon Healy scored on the play, but Chad Pinder was nailed at the plate on a good relay from second baseman Schoop in short right.
Baltimore tied it in the bottom half on a Mark Trumbo sacrifice fly to deep left and took a 2-1 lead on a Jones solo homer in the fourth.
The A's threatened in the fifth, loading the bases with one out, but Rajai Davis grounded into a double play.
The Orioles then used back-to-back homers from Schoop (a three-run shot) and Jones to make it 6-1 in the fifth. Schoop's homer ended Smith's night, and Jones hit his second homer of the game on the second pitch from Ryan Dull.
NOTES: Orioles 3B Manny Machado won the American League Player of the Week award. He hit .385 last week with four homers -- including a game-winning grand slam Friday -- and had 12 RBIs. ... RHP Miguel Castro returns to Baltimore on Tuesday and can come off bereavement leave the following day. ... Oakland OF Boog Powell is going to meet Orioles legend Boog Powell before Tuesday's game. They will connect at the barbecue stand the elder Powell runs at Camden Yards. ... C Bruce Maxwell should return to the Athletics' starting lineup Tuesday. He sat out Sunday after taking a shot to the face mask, and he didn't start Monday mainly because LHP Wade Miley started for Baltimore. However, Maxwell did enter as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and remained in the game, going 0-for-2.
Aug 21, 2017
BALTIMORE -- Adam Jones homered twice as part of a four-hit night, and Jonathan Schoop and Welington Castillo also went deep as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland A's 7-3 on Monday.
Jones tied a career high with the four hits, going 4-for-4. He hit a solo shot in the second inning to give Baltimore a 2-1 lead. His second homer came right after Schoop's three-run shot in the fifth inning.
The back-to-back homers gave the Orioles (61-64) a 6-1 lead.
For Jones, it was the second multi-homer game of the season and the 12th of his career.
Castillo went deep in the eighth.
That was enough to give starter Wade Miley (7-10) his second victory in three starts. Miley lasted six-plus innings and allowed two runs and five hits. He fanned six but struggled with his control again, walking four.
Zach Britton came on in the ninth with two on and two outs to get his 11th save of the season. He has converted 60 in a row dating to last year.
Oakland starter Chris Smith (0-3) allowed five runs (four earned) and six hits in 4 1/3 innings, including the first two homers.
Jed Lowrie and Boog Powell both hit solo homers for Oakland (54-71). For Powell, it was his first major league homer.
The A's took a 1-0 lead in the second on a Matt Chapman double. Ryon Healy scored on the play, but Chad Pinder was nailed at the plate on a good relay from second baseman Schoop in short right.
Baltimore tied it in the bottom half on a Mark Trumbo sacrifice fly to deep left and took a 2-1 lead on a Jones solo homer in the fourth.
The A's threatened in the fifth, loading the bases with one out, but Rajai Davis grounded into a double play.
The Orioles then used back-to-back homers from Schoop (a three-run shot) and Jones to make it 6-1 in the fifth. Schoop's homer ended Smith's night, and Jones hit his second homer of the game on the second pitch from Ryan Dull.
NOTES: Orioles 3B Manny Machado won the American League Player of the Week award. He hit .385 last week with four homers -- including a game-winning grand slam Friday -- and had 12 RBIs. ... RHP Miguel Castro returns to Baltimore on Tuesday and can come off bereavement leave the following day. ... Oakland OF Boog Powell is going to meet Orioles legend Boog Powell before Tuesday's game. They will connect at the barbecue stand the elder Powell runs at Camden Yards. ... C Bruce Maxwell should return to the Athletics' starting lineup Tuesday. He sat out Sunday after taking a shot to the face mask, and he didn't start Monday mainly because LHP Wade Miley started for Baltimore. However, Maxwell did enter as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and remained in the game, going 0-for-2.
