It was a prime day for offense as both the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles secured over 10 hits a piece in Friday’s series opener. It was the orange birds from the visiting clubhouse, however, that better capitalized on that bounty of baserunners to win the game.
Opening for the A’s was southpaw Francisco Perez who gave up three consecutive singles in the top of the 1st inning, unhelped by a Jordan Diaz errant throw, that led to the Orioles to draw blood early and score their first run of the game. A follow-up Cedric Mullens double score the rest of those runners, granting Baltimore a quick 3-0 lead.