{"id":657926,"date":"2026-05-09T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:56:26","slug":"nick-kurtzs-two-run-triple-keys-athletics-to-victory-baltimore-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657926\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kurtz\u2019s two-run triple keys Athletics to victory Baltimore Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Nick Kurtz<\/a> hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and the Athletics<\/a> edged the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> 4-3 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Kyle Bradish<\/a> (1-5) struck out 10 in seven innings for the Orioles, but infield defense cost them again during a three-run fifth for the A\u2019s. Pete Alonso<\/a> and Adley Rutschman<\/a> homered for two Baltimore runs.<\/p>\n

Jacob Lopez<\/a> (3-2) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1\/3 innings. The Orioles are 0-9 in games against left-handed starters this year.<\/p>\n

Jack Perkins<\/a> allowed an RBI single to Samuel Basallo<\/a> in the bottom of the ninth that brought Baltimore within a run. Hogan Harris<\/a> then came on and walked Leody Taveras<\/a> to move the tying run to second, but he struck out Jeremiah Jackson<\/a> for the final out and his second save of the season.<\/p>\n

Baltimore led 1-0 in the fifth when the Athletics<\/a> put men on first and second with nobody out. Apparently expecting a bunt, the Orioles had a rotation play on, which meant shortstop Gunnar Henderson<\/a> was out of position for what could have been a double-play grounder by Zack Gelof<\/a>. Instead, the ball went through for an RBI single.<\/p>\n

Then Jeff McNeil<\/a> hit a grounder right at Henderson that could have been a double play. But he didn\u2019t field it cleanly and the Orioles managed only one out on the play. Kurtz followed with his triple that put the A\u2019s up 3-1.<\/p>\n

Baltimore lost at Miami on Thursday night on a throwing error by third baseman Coby Mayo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kurtz had two hits Friday and has now reached base in 32 straight games.<\/p>\n

Baltimore reliever Trey Gibson, who was called up before the game when the Orioles put right-hander Cade Povich<\/a> (left elbow inflammation) on the injured list, allowed an RBI single by Jacob Wilson<\/a> in the eighth. <\/p>\n

Baltimore scratched infielder Blaze Alexander<\/a> before the game with right calf tightness.<\/p>\n

The Orioles have dropped six of their last eight.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Aaron Civale<\/a> (3-1) starts for the A\u2019s against Baltimore\u2019s Shane Baz<\/a> (1-3) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Noah Trister, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Nick Kurtz hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and the Athletics edged the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-657926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}