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Orioles complete sweep of A's

Jun 9, 2011 - 4:57 AM

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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run fifth inning, as the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of Oakland with a 3-2 win at Camden Yards.

J.J. Hardy knocked in the other run with a single for the Orioles, who completed their first three-game sweep of the Athletics in Baltimore since July 21-23, 1998. The Orioles have won five of their last seven.

"We're just trying to win ball games. It doesn't matter who we're playing," Reynolds said.

Zach Britton (6-4) worked 6 1/3 solid innings, giving up one run on four hits. He struck out six and walked two. Kevin Gregg threw a perfect ninth inning to secure the win and record his 12th save of the season.

Coco Crisp had a sacrifice fly for Oakland, which has dropped a season-high nine straight. Jemile Weeks picked up his first major-league hit -- a double in the third -- and finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Josh Outman (1-1) yielded three runs on five hits with four strikeouts in six frames. The lefty did not issue a walk.

"One of these days, it's going to turn around. Those hard hit balls are going to fall in and we're probably going to go on a nine-game winning streak with the type of defense and pitching we have," Outman said.

Starting pitching limited the chances in the first four innings before the Orioles put up a three-spot in the fifth. Vladimir Guerrero reached with a leadoff single, advanced to second on a wild pitch with two away and came around to score on Hardy's base hit to right-center. Reynolds then followed with a two-run shot over the left-center field wall.

Consecutive singles by Weeks and Crisp put runners on the corners with nobody out in the sixth, but Britton settled down to get Daric Barton to bounce into a 4-6-3 double play that scored a run. After Conor Jackson walked, Josh Willingham flied out to left.

Oakland stranded a runner in the seventh and Weeks reached on a three-base error leading off the eighth before scoring on a sac fly from Crisp to make it a 3-2 game.

Gregg recorded three groundouts in the ninth.

Game Notes

Despite being swept, Oakland is still 20-7 in the series since the start of the 2008 campaign...The Athletics stranded five runners on base, while Baltimore left only one.






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