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May 8, 2026 · AL East

Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles

May 8, 2026Oriole Park at Camden YardsCloudy 70°F · 4 mph, L To R
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
20-18
4
vs
HOME
Baltimore Orioles
17-22
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso homers (8) on a line drive to right center field. ATH 0, BAL 1
T5 Zack Gelof Zack Gelof singles on a ground ball to left fielder Taylor Ward. Jacob Wilson scores. Lawrence Butler to 2nd. ATH 1, BAL 1
T5 Nick Kurtz Nick Kurtz triples (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Tyler O'Neill. Lawrence Butler scores. Zack Gelof scores. ATH 3, BAL 1
B6 Adley Rutschman Adley Rutschman homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. ATH 3, BAL 2
T8 Jacob Wilson Jacob Wilson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Tyler O'Neill. Tyler Soderstrom scores. Brent Rooker to 3rd. ATH 4, BAL 2
B9 Samuel Basallo Samuel Basallo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Zack Gelof. Adley Rutschman scores. ATH 4, BAL 3

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 000030010 4
BAL 000101001 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Athletics AWAY 4

Jacob Lopez started for Athletics, leaving with a 3–2 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jack Perkins took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jacob Lopez Starter 5.1 91 2 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jacob Lopez threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 76% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 43 47% 5 8 6 19 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 31% 0 8 8 8 4
    Cutter 13 14% 1 3 3 4 2
    Changeup 5 5% 0 0 1 2 2
    Sinker 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Justin Sterner Setup 0.2 7 0 0 HLD
  • Scott Barlow Setup 1.0 14 0 1 HLD
  • Joel Kuhnel Reliever 1.0 10 0 0 HLD
  • Jack Perkins Middle 0.2 25 1 2 HLD
  • Hogan Harris Setup 0.1 11 0 1 SV inherited 1, stranded 1
Orioles HOME 3

Kyle Bradish started for Orioles, leaving trailing 2–3. Out of the bullpen, Trey Gibson took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Bradish Starter 7.0 96 3 10 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Bradish threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 34 35% 2 9 3 13 7
    Curveball 29 30% 7 5 4 11 2
    Slider 18 19% 4 3 3 6 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 16% 0 2 2 6 5
  • Trey Gibson Reliever 2.0 30 1 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 5th · off Bradish
  • Kurtz 3B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nick Kurtz 1B 5 0 2 2 0 0 .257 .413 .419 .832 3B
Shea Langeliers C 5 0 1 0 0 3 .333 .385 .625 1.010
Tyler Soderstrom LF 4 1 0 0 0 2 .213 .303 .419 .722
Brent Rooker DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 .181 .255 .337 .592
Jacob Wilson SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 .299 .319 .409 .728
Lawrence Butler RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .182 .280 .291 .571
Zack Gelof CF 3 1 1 1 1 1 .273 .322 .509 .831
Jeff McNeil 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .301 .367 .398 .765
Carlos Cortes RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .356 .417 .575 .992
HOME · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Taylor Ward LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 .420 .387 .807
Gunnar Henderson SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .198 .260 .414 .674
Adley Rutschman C 3 2 2 1 1 0 .325 .385 .602 .987 HR (5)
Pete Alonso 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .226 .327 .459 .786 HR (8)
Dylan Beavers PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .318 .344 .662
Leody Taveras CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .382 .419 .801
Jeremiah Jackson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244 .266 .415 .681
Weston Wilson 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .417 .316 .733
Tyler O'Neill RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .317 .245 .562
Coby Mayo DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .163 .224 .286 .510
Samuel Basallo DH 2 0 1 1 0 0 .262 .331 .467 .798

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jacob Lopez 5.1 3 2 2 2 5 2 91 6.11 W
Justin Sterner 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.26 HLD
Scott Barlow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.57 HLD
Joel Kuhnel 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.98 HLD
Jack Perkins 0.2 1 1 1 1 2 0 25 4.11 HLD
Hogan Harris 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 2.75 SV
HOME · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Bradish 7.0 5 3 3 1 10 0 96 4.83 L
Trey Gibson 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 30 5.40

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.3 R IBBs 1.6 R
HOME · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 2.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
5-5 L2 -13 run diff
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HOME · BAL
5-5 W3 +8 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.