masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgAnother night, another comeback and another walk-off win for the Orioles.
Chris Davis homered to right on a 2-2 delivery from switch-pitcher Pat Venditte in the last of the ninth and the Orioles beat the Oakland A’s 4-3. It was Davis’ second homer of the night. Davis hit his 33rd and 34th homers in the win.
Davis has hit six homers his last six games and nine in his last 12 contests. Over his past 23 games, he has hit 15 home runs with 35 RBIs.
This is Davis’ 11th career-multi-homer game and…

Another night, another comeback and another walk-off win for the Orioles.

Chris Davis homered to right on a 2-2 delivery from switch-pitcher Pat Venditte in the last of the ninth and the Orioles beat the Oakland A’s 4-3. It was Davis’ second homer of the night. Davis hit his 33rd and 34th homers in the win.

Davis has hit six homers his last six games and nine in his last 12 contests. Over his past 23 games, he has hit 15 home runs with 35 RBIs.

Chris Davis orange smile (2).pngThis is Davis’ 11th career-multi-homer game and his third career walk-off home run. It is the Orioles’ sixth walk-off win of the year and the fifth via a homer.

The A’s took the lead for the second straight night, moving ahead 3-0 by the third inning. Center fielder Billy Butler tripled on Miguel Gonzalez’s second pitch of the night and quickly scored on Mark Canha’s groundout for the 1-0 lead. Oakland got solo homers in the third from Sam Fuld and Josh Reddick for the 3-0 lead. Fuld hit his second on a 2-2 fastball and Reddick went opposite field to left-center. It was his 14th and came on a 3-1 pitch.

Last night, Adam Jones’ homer got the Orioles back in it. Tonight it was Davis’ turn. His two-run blast to right in the fourth made it 3-2 and scored Gerardo Parra, who had singled. It was No. 33 for Davis on a 94 mph 2-2 fastball and his 86th all-time at Camden Yards. That moves him past Cal Ripken Jr. and into sole possesion of fifth place for all-time homers at OPACY.

In the sixth, Parra lined a homer just over the right field scoreboard to tie the game at 3-3. It was his 11th this season and second with the Orioles.

A’s starter Chris Bassitt had given up just two homers in his first seven starts over 43 2/3 innings and allowed two here tonight.

After the early trouble, Gonzalez settled down to pitch seven innings, throwing a season-high 110 pitches. He gave up six hits and three runs. He had pitched to an ERA of 6.22 in nine starts since returning from the DL in late June. This was just his third quality start in his last 11 outings.

With the win, their 13th in the last 20 games, the Orioles are 59-56 overall.