Veteran starter Matt Harvey carried a shutout into the sixth inning to continue his pleasant late-career resurgence and didn’t have to stress too much after getting a big early lead as the Orioles topped the Oakland Athletics, 8-4, on Saturday at RingCentral Coliseum.
Harvey wasn’t perfect, but he didn’t have to be with a 6-0 lead after three innings. He had a long first inning thanks to the Orioles not turning a double play, but was in control otherwise.
He walked three without recording his first strikeout until the final out of the fifth inning, and got two quick outs in the sixth inning before a single by Matt Chapman and a run-scoring double by Seth Brown chased him.