Orioles 4, Athletics 3
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot off switch pitcher Pat Venditte with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Baltimore Orioles a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Oakland A's on Saturday night.
Baltimore (59-56) had rallied from a four-run deficit to score an 8-6 victory Friday. This time, the A's took an early 3-0 lead and the Orioles used two homers to tie it before Davis' walk-off homer.
Davis lunged for a low 2-2 pitch against Venditte (0-1) and sent the ball into the seats in right-center. Venditte faced two batters throwing left-handed and one right-handed -- he matched up with Davis as a left-hander.
Davis, Baltimore's first baseman, hit a two-run shot earlier and now has six homers in his last six games.
Left-hander Zach Britton (3-0), tagged with just his second blown save in Friday's game, got the win thanks to a perfect ninth.
Oakland (51-67) now has lost five straight games.
The A's needed just three pitches to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning against Baltimore starter Miguel Gonzalez.
Center fielder Billy Burns led off with a triple and scored on the next pitch when first baseman Mark Canha grounded to short.
Oakland added two runs in the third thanks to homers from left fielder Sam Fuld and right fielder Josh Reddick. Fuld led off the inning with a blast to right, and Reddick's shot with two outs sailed over the fence in left-center to put the A's up 3-0.
Davis struck for the Orioles in the fourth, hitting a long two-run homer to right.
The Orioles tied the game at 3-3 on right fielder Gerardo Parra's solo homer in the sixth. That's where it was when Gonzalez left after his seven-inning stint. The right-hander struggled throughout the first five innings, giving up the solo homers to Fuld and Reddick and walking the bases loaded in the fifth. But Gonzalez retired the final seven batters he faced.
Oakland starter Chris Bassitt left after eight innings, having given up three runs on homers. He surrendered five hits in all, walked one and struck out six.
NOTES: The Orioles recalled OF Henry Urrutia from Triple-A Norfolk and optioned OF Junior Lake back to the team. Lake was recently acquired from the Chicago Cubs for RHP Tommy Hunter. ... Baltimore C Matt Wieters again was out of the lineup because of a hamstring problem. Manager Buck Showalter still doesn't think it's a situation for the disabled list; but, if Wieters isn't ready to go by Monday, they will look it over again. ... RHP Sonny Gray could start the series finale on Monday, according to Oakland manager Bob Melvin. Gray (back spasms) missed Friday night's start but felt better after a 25-pitch bullpen session Saturday. ... P Pat Venditte (the switch pitcher) was recalled Saturday, along with RHP Dan Otero, from Triple-A Nashville. Venditte was 0-0 in four games with Oakland earlier this season before a strained right shoulder sidelined him for 45 games. He went to Triple-A after being reinstated Aug. 3.