UNDATED (AP) — The third-longest winning streak in Oakland Athletics history has come to an end.
The A’s had won 13 straight before Austin Hays hit a pair of home runs to back John Means in the Orioles’ 8-1 rout of the AL West leaders. Means lowered his ERA to 1.50 by limiting Oakland to just one run on two hits with six strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.
Cedric Mullins had three hits for Baltimore, raising his average to .350. But the game was close until Maikel Franco homered to ignite the Birds’ five-run eighth.
The Athletics’ win streak followed an 0-6 start.
Also around the majors:
— J.D. Martinez had two more doubles and Eduardo Rodriguez struck out eight Mariners in six innings to help the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 5-3 for a four-game split. Martinez leads the majors with 10 two-baggers and is tied with teammate Xander Bogaerts for the major-leading lead with 30 hits.
— The Indians avoided a four-game sweep as Franmil Reyes hit a three-run homer, tripled and had his first career stolen base in a 7-3 downing of the Yankees. Reyes homered in the fourth off Jameson Taillon as Cleveland overcame a 3-0 deficit and took a 4-3 lead.
— Hyun Jin Ryu was forced to leave early with a minor strain before five relievers completed the Blue Jays’ 1-0 shutout of the Rays. Ryu gave up three hits and struck out five in 3 2/3 innings but exited with right glute injury after giving up a single to Manuel Margot.
— Danny Duffy pitched five scoreless innings and Hunter Dozier hit a solo homer for the Royals in their fourth straight win, 4-0 over the Tigers. Duffy has allowed one earned run in 23 innings so far this season.
— Michael Kopech struck out a career-high 10 in just five innings of the White Sox’s 8-4 trouncing of the Rangers. José Abreu homered and had three RBIs in Chicago’s fourth straight win.
— Shohei Ohtani’s tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth helped the Angels beat the Astros, 4-2 and end a four-game skid. Ohtani is tied for the MLB lead with seven home runs and is scheduled to pitch on Monday.
— The Diamondbacks blanked the Braves, 5-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader as Zac Gallen tossed one-hit ball over seven innings. Stephen Vogt and Kole Calhoun homered to support Gallen, who had a no-hitter until Freddie Freeman’s one-out single in the sixth.
— Madison Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter as the Diamondbacks completed a sweep of the Braves, 7-0. Officially, Bumgarner’s gem won’t count on the all-time no-hit list after MLB determined in 1991 that a no-hitter was a game of nine or more innings that ended with no hits. Atlanta had just one hit during the entire twinbill.
— Fernando Tatís Jr. scored on Eric Hosmer’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to give the Padres a dramatic 8-7 comeback win over the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The Padres trailed 7-1 in the seventh before scoring twice in three straight innings, with Manny Machado delivering the tying RBI single in the ninth.
— Logan Webb pitched three-hit ball over seven scoreless innings and collected his first career extra-base hit with a two-run triple as the Giants earned a 4-3 win over the Marlins. Mauricio Dubon added a pair of hits, including a squeeze-bunt single for San Francisco.
— The Mets took the rubber match of their three-game set as Taijuan Walker limited the Nationals to three hits over seven innings of a 4-0 victory. J.D. Davis hit a two-run to help Walker earn his first win as a Met.
— Trevor Story hit a grand slam to cap a seven-run fourth that highlighted the Rockies’ 12-2 laugher over the Phillies. CJ Cronhad four of Colorado’s season-high, 16 hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth.
— The Brewers were 6-0 winners over the Cubs behind Brandon Woodruff, who surrendered just two hits while fanning eight over six innings. Luis Urías poked a two-run single during Milwaukee’s five-run ninth, helping Milwaukee close out a 5-1 road trip.
— The Reds’ losing streak is up to seven games after Tyler O’Neill homered twice to power the Cardinals to a 5-2 win versus Cincinnati. Jack Flaherty retired the first 10 batters and allowed just three hits over seven innings to improve to 4-0.
— Gregory Polanco homered among his three hits as the Pirates whipped the Twins, 6-2 to complete a 6-3 road trip. Pittsburgh’s bullpen allowed just three hits over five innings after Wil Crow needed 81 pitches to get through four innings.
