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Aug 16, 2015 - 4:13 AM Given the way he's performed against Oakland in recent seasons, it's not surprising Chris Davis has continued to excel at the plate during a visit from the Athletics.After finishing off a comeback victory, Davis will try to give the Baltimore Orioles another boost in the wild-card race Sunday.
Davis hit his second homer in the ninth inning and drove in three runs as Baltimore (59-56) rallied from an early three-run deficit for a 4-3 victory. The Orioles first baseman is batting .344 with an MLB-best 15 homers and 35 RBIs in his last 25 games dating back to July 19.
Davis is hitting .343 with 12 homers and 32 RBIs in his last 29 against Oakland (51-67) since the start of the 2011 season and .409 with five homers and 12 RBIs in five this season.
His sixth longball in six contests pushed Baltimore within one-half game of the Los Angeles Angels for the AL's second wild card.
Davis' three homers in this series have helped Baltimore earn back-to-back wins - both in walk-off fashion. Manny Machado homered in the 13th inning in an 8-6 victory Friday, a game the Orioles trailed 4-0 after 4 1/2 innings.
"Any time you're winning it's a lot of fun, especially when you do it the way we've done it the last couple nights, walking off," said Davis, whose team has won seven of nine at home since the All-Star break.
Wei-Yin Chen (6-6, 3.21 ERA) seeks to improve to 5-0 against the A's after coming up short in Oakland on Aug. 5. The left-hander gave up three runs in five innings, but the Orioles eventually won 7-3 in 10.
Chen followed by yielding one run in 7 1-3 innings in a 3-2 win in Seattle on Monday.
He has a 2.19 ERA in his six career matchups with Oakland and is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three at Camden Yards.
In this meeting, Chen will try to send the A's to a season high-tying sixth consecutive defeat and extend their road losing streak to seven. The A's, 13-27 in one-run games, haven't dropped seven straight away from home since June 3-9, 2011.
"We're going to find out what this group is made of going forward. It's that simple," said pitcher Chris Bassitt, whose team has lost 12 of 15 on the road.
Kendall Graveman (6-8, 3.89) will seek to snap those skids while ending his personal one at four. The right-hander took a 4-2 defeat in Toronto on Tuesday, giving up four runs in 4 2-3 innings.
Despite that lackluster effort, Graveman has a respectable 2.65 ERA in his last three starts but has gotten a combined five runs of support. He's received seven in his six-start winless drought.
Graveman faced Chen earlier this month and gave up three runs in 5 2-3 innings in his only start versus Baltimore. Davis went 1 for 2 with a walk and a strikeout against him.
Billy Butler hit the first of the A's four doubles off Chen and is 9 for 20 with six extra-base hits lifetime against the left-hander. Butler, though, is also batting .136 in his last seven games.
- OAKLAND: 2
BALTIMORE: 18
Final
Aug 16 4:46 PM - Urrutia infield single to first, Schoop scored, Clevenger to third.
Athletics 2, Orioles 18 Bot 7, 1 OutAug 16 4:19 PM - Henry Urrutia singles to shallow right field. Steve Clevenger to third. Jonathan Schoop scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 18 Bot 7, 1 OutAug 16 4:18 PM - Joseph homered to left on a 0-1 count, Clevenger scored.
Athletics 2, Orioles 17 Bot 6, 2 OutsAug 16 3:50 PM - Caleb Joseph homers to left field. Steve Clevenger scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 17 Bot 6, 2 OutsAug 16 3:50 PM - A.Jones homered to center on a 1-1 count, G.Parra scored.
Athletics 2, Orioles 15 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:28 PM - Adam Jones homers to center field. Gerardo Parra scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 15 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:28 PM - Gerardo Parra doubles to left center field. Manny Machado scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 13 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:24 PM - M.Machado doubled to left, Urrutia scored, Joseph scored.
Athletics 2, Orioles 12 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:22 PM - Manny Machado doubles to left field. Caleb Joseph scores. Henry Urrutia scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 12 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:22 PM - Urrutia singled to center, C.Davis scored, Schoop scored.
Athletics 2, Orioles 10 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:19 PM - Henry Urrutia singles to center field. Jonathan Schoop scores. Chris Davis scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 10 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 16 3:19 PM - Clevenger grounded out, second baseman Lawrie to first baseman Canha, A.Jones scored, C.Davis to third, Schoop to second.
Athletics 2, Orioles 8 Bot 5, 1 OutAug 16 3:17 PM - Steve Clevenger grounds out to second base, Brett Lawrie to Mark Canha. Jonathan Schoop to second. Chris Davis to third. Adam Jones scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 8 Bot 5, 1 OutAug 16 3:17 PM - C.Davis singled to left, G.Parra scored, A.Jones to second.
Athletics 2, Orioles 7 Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 16 3:15 PM - Chris Davis singles to left field. Adam Jones to second. Gerardo Parra scores.
Athletics 2, Orioles 7 Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 16 3:14 PM - Gerardo Parra singles to right field, tagged out at second, Sam Fuld to Mark Canha to Marcus Semien. Manny Machado scores.
Athletics 1, Orioles 5 End 2Aug 16 2:23 PM - Manny Machado doubles to left field. Caleb Joseph scores.
Athletics 1, Orioles 4 Bot 2, 2 OutsAug 16 2:21 PM - Joseph doubled to left, Clevenger scored, Urrutia scored.
Athletics 1, Orioles 3 Bot 2, 2 OutsAug 16 2:18 PM - Caleb Joseph doubles to left field. Henry Urrutia scores. Steve Clevenger scores.
Athletics 1, Orioles 3 Bot 2, 2 OutsAug 16 2:18 PM - Sam Fuld doubles to deep right field. Marcus Semien scores.
Athletics 1, Orioles 1 Top 2, 2 OutsAug 16 2:07 PM
Aug 16 1:38 PM- OAKLAND: 0
BALTIMORE: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Aug 16 1:37 PM
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