Orioles 8, Athletics 6
BALTIMORE-- Manny Machado greeted right-hander Aaron Brooks with a two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles an 8-6 victory over the Oakland A's on Friday night.
Oakland scored two runs off Orioles closer Zach Britton to tie the game in the ninth. The Orioles then rebounded with the winning rally in the 13th, which started on catcher Caleb Joseph's one-out double to left off left-hander Drew Pomeranz (4-5).
Pomeranz appeared to leave with an injury after that pitch, and Brooks came on. Third baseman Machado then lined an 0-1 pitch into the left-field seats to give the Orioles a victory.
Jason Garcia (1-0) earned his first major league victory thanks to blanking Oakland in the 13th. The Rule 5 pick needed just six pitches to get through the inning.
Oakland appeared in charge early when it scored single runs in the second and fourth. The A's made it 4-0 in the fifth when catcher Stephen Vogt hit a two-run homer off right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, the Baltimore starter.
The Orioles cut the lead 4-3 thanks to Jones' three-run homer off left-handed starter Brad Mills in the fifth. They tied the game in the seventh on a Jones sacrifice fly -- his fourth RBI -- to short center off left-hander Fernando Abad.
That scored Machado, who deftly dodged the tag of Vogt to touch the plate. Davis came up next and battled Abad through an eight-pitch at bat before crushing a 1-2 pitch on to Eutaw Street for a two-run homer that gave Baltimore a 6-4 lead.
Britton came on in the ninth and couldn't hold it, giving up two runs for just his second blown save this season. Third baseman Danny Valencia tied the game with a two-out RBI single.
The Orioles (58-56) ended their two-game losing streak with the win while handing the A's (51-66) a fourth straight loss in the opener of this four-game series.
The A's took a 1-0 lead with a two-out rally against Jimenez in the second. Left fielder Coco Crisp got his first RBI of the season -- in at-bat number 74 -- with a soft single to center that scored second baseman Brett Lawrie.
Shortstop Marcus Semien then hit another soft single to center, but Adam Jones threw out designated hitter Billy Butler at the plate to keep the score 1-0.
Butler, Crisp and Semien were the bottom three hitters in Oakland's order, and they all reached base -- again with two outs -- to load the bases in the fourth.
Center fielder Billy Burns then reached on an infield single, a soft grounder that third baseman Manny Machado couldn't handle, allowing Butler to score. But Machado then threw out Crisp trying to score, ending the inning with the A's leading 2-0.
Vogt then drilled his two-run homer to right in the fifth for a 4-0 lead, drawing a smattering of boos from the Baltimore crowd.
The cheers came a few minutes later when Jones lined a three-run homer to left with two outs in the fifth. That cut the lead to 4-3 and came after the Orioles wasted scoring chances in the previous three innings.
NOTES: Orioles manager Buck Showalter said RHP Chris Tillman will throw on Saturday and, if all is well, start the finale of this series on Monday. Tillman was hit a few inches above the right elbow in Seattle earlier this week. ... The Orioles had a pregame ceremony inducting former 3B Melvin Mora, LFs John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke (they were a platoon duo) and scout Fred Uhlman Sr. into the team's Hall of Fame. ... Oakland manager Bob Melvin said RHP Sonny Gray, the scheduled starter for this game who was sidelined by back spasms, is doing better and will throw a bullpen session Saturday. But he won't start before Monday.