Orioles bring road skid into matchup with the Athletics

Posted April 19, 2022 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Baltimore Orioles (3-7) vs. Oakland Athletics (5-5)

Oakland, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: TBD; Athletics: Cole Irvin (1-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, six strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles visit the Oakland Athletics looking to break a four-game road losing streak.

Oakland had an 86-76 record overall and a 43-38 record in home games last season. The Athletics averaged 7.9 hits per game last season while batting a collective .238 and slugging .406.

Baltimore went 52-110 overall and 25-56 in road games a season ago. The Orioles pitching staff had a 5.84 ERA collectively last season while averaging 7.9 strikeouts and 3.6 walks per nine innings.

INJURIES: Athletics: Chad Pinder: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Lou Trivino: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Jed Lowrie: 10-Day IL (covid-19), A.J. Puk: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Austin Allen: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Kirby Snead: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Stephen Piscotty: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Deolis Guerra: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brent Honeywell Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow), Skye Bolt: 10-Day IL (oblique), James Kaprielian: 10-Day IL (shoulder)

Orioles: John Means: 60-Day IL (elbow), Dean Kremer: 10-Day IL (oblique)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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