{"id":236800,"date":"2025-08-09T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/236800\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:32:10","slug":"baltimore-orioles-and-athletics-play-in-game-2-of-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/236800\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles and Athletics play in game 2 of series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athletics (51-67, fifth in the AL West) vs. Baltimore Orioles (53-63, fifth in the AL East)<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jack Perkins (0-2, 3.97 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Orioles: Brandon Young (0-5, 5.88 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p>BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -117, Athletics -103; over\/under is 10 runs<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore is 53-63 overall and 28-27 at home. The Orioles are 30-51 in games when they have allowed at least one home run.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics have a 51-67 record overall and a 28-33 record in road games. The Athletics have a 46-12 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s game is the fifth meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied 2-2.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Gunnar Henderson has 25 doubles, four triples and 13 home runs while hitting .284 for the Orioles. Tyler O\u2019Neill is 10 for 30 with a double and five home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Brent Rooker leads the Athletics with 23 home runs while slugging .492. Shea Langeliers is 16 for 42 with five home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 5-5, .234 batting average, 4.40 ERA, even run differential<\/p>\n<p>Athletics: 5-5, .291 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Orioles: Tyler O\u2019Neill: 10-Day IL (wrist), Colton Cowser: 7-Day IL (head), Zach Eflin: 15-Day IL (back), Colin Selby: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Felix Bautista: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Maverick Handley: 10-Day IL (head), Scott Blewett: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jorge Mateo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gary Sanchez: 10-Day IL (knee), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n<p>Athletics: Austin Wynns: 10-Day IL (abdomen), Jacob Wilson: 10-Day IL (forearm), Denzel Clarke: 10-Day IL (abductor), Max Muncy: 10-Day IL (hand), Grant Holman: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (hip), Jose Leclerc: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brady Basso: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Medina: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Athletics (51-67, fifth in the AL West) vs. Baltimore Orioles (53-63, fifth in the AL East) Baltimore; Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[8125,12222,537,47,5,19522,3530,4,144,25,4216,40,16638,22126],"class_list":{"0":"post-236800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-al-east","9":"tag-al-west","10":"tag-athletics","11":"tag-baltimore-orioles","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-game-2","14":"tag-injuries","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-philadelphia","17":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","18":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","19":"tag-phillies","20":"tag-pitching-probables","21":"tag-season-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115000951052841197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}