BALTIMORE — The Oakland Athletics pitched around Adley Rutschman, the Orioles’ No. 2 hitter, twice on Tuesday night.
Ryan Mountcastle, Baltimore’s No. 3 hitter, made them pay both times.
Mountcastle roped an RBI single in the third inning when Athletics starter Kyle Muller walked Rutschman on four pitches. In the seventh — two innings after Mountcastle brought the Orioles back into the game with a three-run blast — Oakland intentionally walked Rutschman with first base open, giving way for Mountcastle to launch a grand slam over the left-field wall.
