OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tim Beckham prefers not to discuss how well he's going at the plate since departing Tampa Bay to join the Baltimore Orioles.
Manager Buck Showalter refuses to jinx it, either.
"We're not going to talk about him," Showalter said. "Timmy likes playing outside it looks like."
Beckham hit a two-run double in his second plate appearance of the first inning as the Orioles matched their biggest frame of the season with a seven-run first and went on to beat the Oakland Athletics 12-5 on Saturday night.
Dylan Bundy (12-8) matched his career high with 10 strikeouts, equaling the number from his previous outing, to win his third straight start and fourth consecutive decision. The right-hander allowed three runs and seven hits with three walks as the Orioles won for only the second time in five games.
Adam Jones drove in three runs for Baltimore.
Beckham drew a walk to begin the game then extended his hitting streak to 12 games with the double, the Orioles' eighth hit of the first, and one of his four on the night. They finished with a season-high tying 20 hits and eight doubles -- one shy of the most in franchise history.
"I'm seeing it well and it's fun when you're playing good and your team's playing winning baseball," Beckham said.
A's starter Sean Manaea's night was rough after just one out. After Beckham's walk, Baltimore got six straight hits with three of them doubles to jump ahead 4-0. Michael Brady relieved.
The A's quickly got three runs back on Khris Davis' two-run homer in the bottom of the first and Matt Olson's leadoff drive to start the second -- his second homer in as many games -- but they also left runners on first and second that inning.
Beckham doubled again in the fourth after Joey Rickard got aboard on a hit by pitch, and Jones hit a two-run single after his earlier RBI double.
Oakland center fielder and leadoff hitter Boog Powell made his A's debut a day after he had planned and struck out three times after a walk and single. He went to the emergency room Friday night after being a late scratch because he was battling a cold and had trouble breathing from an asthma attack.
Manaea (8-7) didn't get out of the fourth inning for a third straight start -- going 6 2/3 total innings his past three appearances -- and lost consecutive decisions for just the second time all season, running his winless stretch to five starts since defeating Cleveland on July 16. Manager Bob Melvin suggested his pitcher might be tired.
"The past three starts have been awful," Manaea said.
BECKHAM'S HOT BAT
Since joining the Orioles in a trade from Tampa Bay on July 31, Beckham is batting a sizzling .531 (26 for 49) with nine multi-hit games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: 2B Jonathan Schoop was hit in the left side by a pitch from Brady in the sixth but stayed in the game. ... SS J.J. Hardy, on the disabled list since June 19 with a broken right wrist, will not be activated immediately when eligible next week. "He's not going to make the 18th. We're hoping not too long after," Showalter said. "He's progressing right on schedule. He did his work today, he's getting a little better every day. He's taking a lot of dry swings and he's not having soreness there. The bone itself has healed, it's the other stuff we have to get back into playing shape." ... RHP Ubaldo Jimenez is OK after leaving his Friday start in the sixth when he took a hard-hit grounder by Chad Pinder on the lower right leg. Showalter expects him to make his next start.
Athletics: A's CF prospect Dustin Fowler, who could be the starter next year if healthy, had his right knee brace unlocked Saturday so he can now bend the knee as he rehabs from a frightening injury in his major league debut with the Yankees on June 29. Playing a road game at the White Sox, he suffered an open rupture of the patellar tendon when it hit a metal box used for Wi-Fi, and was carted off for immediate surgery to repair the damage and close the wound.
Fowler is scheduled to remain with Oakland in his recovery until at least season's end.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Jeremy Hellickson makes his third start for the Orioles since a July 28 trade from the Phillies when he pitches Baltimore's series finale at Oakland. He is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA since the switch.
Athletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (2-3, 4.97) looks for his first win in three starts since coming off the DL on Aug. 3.
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Manager Buck Showalter refuses to jinx it, either.
"We're not going to talk about him," Showalter said. "Timmy likes playing outside it looks like."
Beckham hit a two-run double in his second plate appearance of the first inning as the Orioles matched their biggest frame of the season with a seven-run first and went on to beat the Oakland Athletics 12-5 on Saturday night.
Dylan Bundy (12-8) matched his career high with 10 strikeouts, equaling the number from his previous outing, to win his third straight start and fourth consecutive decision. The right-hander allowed three runs and seven hits with three walks as the Orioles won for only the second time in five games.
Adam Jones drove in three runs for Baltimore.
Beckham drew a walk to begin the game then extended his hitting streak to 12 games with the double, the Orioles' eighth hit of the first, and one of his four on the night. They finished with a season-high tying 20 hits and eight doubles -- one shy of the most in franchise history.
"I'm seeing it well and it's fun when you're playing good and your team's playing winning baseball," Beckham said.
A's starter Sean Manaea's night was rough after just one out. After Beckham's walk, Baltimore got six straight hits with three of them doubles to jump ahead 4-0. Michael Brady relieved.
The A's quickly got three runs back on Khris Davis' two-run homer in the bottom of the first and Matt Olson's leadoff drive to start the second -- his second homer in as many games -- but they also left runners on first and second that inning.
Beckham doubled again in the fourth after Joey Rickard got aboard on a hit by pitch, and Jones hit a two-run single after his earlier RBI double.
Oakland center fielder and leadoff hitter Boog Powell made his A's debut a day after he had planned and struck out three times after a walk and single. He went to the emergency room Friday night after being a late scratch because he was battling a cold and had trouble breathing from an asthma attack.
Manaea (8-7) didn't get out of the fourth inning for a third straight start -- going 6 2/3 total innings his past three appearances -- and lost consecutive decisions for just the second time all season, running his winless stretch to five starts since defeating Cleveland on July 16. Manager Bob Melvin suggested his pitcher might be tired.
"The past three starts have been awful," Manaea said.
BECKHAM'S HOT BAT
Since joining the Orioles in a trade from Tampa Bay on July 31, Beckham is batting a sizzling .531 (26 for 49) with nine multi-hit games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: 2B Jonathan Schoop was hit in the left side by a pitch from Brady in the sixth but stayed in the game. ... SS J.J. Hardy, on the disabled list since June 19 with a broken right wrist, will not be activated immediately when eligible next week. "He's not going to make the 18th. We're hoping not too long after," Showalter said. "He's progressing right on schedule. He did his work today, he's getting a little better every day. He's taking a lot of dry swings and he's not having soreness there. The bone itself has healed, it's the other stuff we have to get back into playing shape." ... RHP Ubaldo Jimenez is OK after leaving his Friday start in the sixth when he took a hard-hit grounder by Chad Pinder on the lower right leg. Showalter expects him to make his next start.
Athletics: A's CF prospect Dustin Fowler, who could be the starter next year if healthy, had his right knee brace unlocked Saturday so he can now bend the knee as he rehabs from a frightening injury in his major league debut with the Yankees on June 29. Playing a road game at the White Sox, he suffered an open rupture of the patellar tendon when it hit a metal box used for Wi-Fi, and was carted off for immediate surgery to repair the damage and close the wound.
Fowler is scheduled to remain with Oakland in his recovery until at least season's end.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Jeremy Hellickson makes his third start for the Orioles since a July 28 trade from the Phillies when he pitches Baltimore's series finale at Oakland. He is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA since the switch.
Athletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (2-3, 4.97) looks for his first win in three starts since coming off the DL on Aug. 3.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Baltimore - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Manaea pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Beckham walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Machado doubled to deep left center, Beckham scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Schoop singled to right, Machado to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones doubled to left, Machado scored, Schoop thrown out at home. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones to third on wild pitch by Manaea. | 2 | 0 |
| Mancini singled to right, Jones scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Trumbo doubled to deep center, Mancini to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Davis singled to right, Mancini scored, Trumbo to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Brady relieved Manaea. | 4 | 0 |
| Castillo grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Trumbo scored, Davis out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Rickard singled to left, Castillo to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Beckham doubled to left, Castillo and Rickard scored. | 7 | 0 |
| Machado struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 7 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Powell walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Pinder struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Lowrie grounded out to first, Powell to second. | 7 | 0 |
| K. Davis homered to center (418 feet), Powell scored. | 7 | 2 |
| Healy struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Brady pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Jones flied out to right. | 7 | 2 |
| Mancini flied out to right. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Olson homered to right center (419 feet). | 7 | 3 |
| Chapman struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Maxwell struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Semien walked. | 7 | 3 |
| Powell singled to center, Semien to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Pinder flied out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Brady pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Trumbo lined out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Davis struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Castillo fouled out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Lowrie flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| K. Davis struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Healy singled to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Olson struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Brady pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Rickard hit by pitch. | 7 | 3 |
| Beckham doubled to deep left, Rickard to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Machado grounded out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Schoop popped out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Jones singled to center, Rickard and Beckham scored. | 9 | 3 |
| Mancini lined out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Chapman doubled to deep right. | 9 | 3 |
| Maxwell struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| Semien lined out to right. | 9 | 3 |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Brady pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Trumbo singled to deep left center, Trumbo out at second. | 9 | 3 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Pinder grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 3 |
| Lowrie grounded out to first. | 9 | 3 |
| K. Davis singled to right. | 9 | 3 |
| Healy flied out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Brady pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Rickard singled to left. | 9 | 3 |
| Beckham singled to center, Rickard to second. | 9 | 3 |
| Machado grounded into double play, third to second to first, Beckham out at second, Rickard to third. | 9 | 3 |
| Schoop hit by pitch. | 9 | 3 |
| Hendriks relieved Brady. | 9 | 3 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dylan Bundy pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Olson grounded out to first. | 9 | 3 |
| Chapman walked. | 9 | 3 |
| Maxwell singled to center, Chapman to third. | 9 | 3 |
| Semien struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Liam Hendriks pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Mancini reached on infield single to first. | 9 | 3 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| Davis walked, Mancini to second. | 9 | 3 |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 9 | 3 |
| Rickard fouled out to first. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Darren O'Day pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Gentry in left field. | 9 | 3 |
| Rickard in right field. | 9 | 3 |
| O'Day relieved Bundy. | 9 | 3 |
| Pinder grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 3 |
| Lowrie flied out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| K. Davis flied out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Josh Smith pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| J. Smith relieved Hendriks. | 9 | 3 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 9 | 3 |
| Machado grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 3 |
| Schoop walked. | 9 | 3 |
| Jones singled to left, Schoop to second. | 9 | 3 |
| Mancini fouled out to first. | 9 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Castro pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Castro relieved O'Day. | 9 | 3 |
| Healy singled to right. | 9 | 3 |
| Olson flied out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| Chapman doubled to left, Healy to third. | 9 | 3 |
| Maxwell hit sacrifice fly to center, Healy scored, Chapman to third. | 9 | 4 |
| Semien singled to right, Chapman scored. | 9 | 5 |
| Givens relieved Castro. | 9 | 5 |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 9 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Coulombe pitching for Oakland | BAL | OAK |
| Coulombe relieved J. Smith. | 9 | 5 |
| Gentry doubled to left. | 9 | 5 |
| Davis singled to shallow right center, Gentry scored. | 10 | 5 |
| Castillo grounded into double play, third to second to first, Davis out at second. | 10 | 5 |
| Rickard doubled to deep left. | 10 | 5 |
| Beckham hit a ground rule double to deep right, Rickard scored. | 11 | 5 |
| Machado singled to right, Beckham scored. | 12 | 5 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 12 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Mychal Givens pitching for Baltimore | BAL | OAK |
| Pinder safe at first on error by shortstop Beckham. | 12 | 5 |
| Garneau hit for Lowrie. | 12 | 5 |
| Garneau grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Pinder out at second. | 12 | 5 |
| K. Davis walked. | 12 | 5 |
| Healy lined out to center. | 12 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Beckham SS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | .295 | .344 | .478 |
| Machado 3B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .254 | .313 | .455 |
| Schoop 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | .300 | .351 | .540 |
| Jones CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .273 | .312 | .463 |
| Mancini DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .297 | .344 | .525 |
| Trumbo RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .240 | .301 | .411 |
Gentry LF
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .215 | .292 | .304 |
| Davis 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .214 | .315 | .424 |
| Castillo C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .283 | .319 | .457 |
| Rickard LF-RF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .258 | .294 | .373 |
| Totals | 43 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 175 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Machado (27, Manaea); Jones (18, Manaea); Trumbo (18, Manaea); Beckham 3 (12, Brady 2, Coulombe); Gentry (4, Coulombe); Rickard (14, Coulombe) RBI: Machado 2 (68), Jones 3 (61), Mancini (61), Davis 2 (43), Castillo (37), Beckham 3 (45) 2-out RBI: Beckham 3, Jones 2, Machado GIDP: Machado, Castillo Orioles RISP: 9-18 (Machado 1-4, Rickard 0-1, Davis 2-2, Schoop 1-2, Mancini 1-2, Castillo 0-2, Jones 2-3, Beckham 2-2) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Beckham (14, ground ball) DP: 1 (Givens-Schoop-Davis). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 29,742 (84.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 63 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Nic Lentz, First Base - Jim Wolf, Second Base - D.J. Reyburn, Third Base - Sam Holbrook |
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