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OAKLAND http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authen...ley-jersey , Calif. (AP) — Rich Hill played just long enough for the Oakland Athletics two years ago to get a feel for how they can come back when it’s close and win in the late innings, a signature of his former club this season.Hill pitched effectively into the sixth inning to beat his old team for the first time, while the offense manufactured runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the A’s 4-2 on Tuesday night to snap Oakland’s six-game winning streak.“That’s the theme of this entire team is that everybody comes up to play every single day and we grind it out,” Hill said. “We don’t have many easy wins. I don’t think any wins are easy but we don’t have many wins where we put up 20.”Hill (5-4) allowed two runs, three hits and four walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings. He is 3-1 with a 3.12 ERA in eight road starts.The left-hander hadn’t defeated the A’s previously in five appearances and one start. He won nine games for Oakland in 2016 before being dealt to the Dodgers.Khris Davis hit a two-run homer in the sixth — his 32nd — to get the A’s back in it and chase Hill. But the Dodgers put up a key insurance run on Matt Kemp’s RBI single in the seventh that followed a leadoff double by pinch-hitter Joc Pederson.Kemp ended an 0-for-10 funk.“To get a knock and drive in a run I know he was pretty relieved,” manager Dave Roberts said.No late-inning magic or dramatic finish for the home team this time.The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead against Sean Manaea (10-8) in the first on Enrique Hernandez’s RBI groundout. Los Angeles added a run on Austin Barnes‘ second-inning sacrifice bunt then Cody Bellinger’s RBI single in the third.Kenley Jansen closed it out with a pair of strikeouts in a perfect ninth for his 32nd save.Oakland had an eight-game home winning streak end. The A’s six-game winning streak matched their season high.Manaea didn’t make it through the third.Trying to win consecutive outings for the first time since a three-start winning streak from June 16-28, he was done after allowing three runs and five hits in 2 2/3 innings on 77 pitches.“Just one of those nights where it didn’t look like there was much life,” manager Bob Melvin said. “They were getting some pretty good swings on him. Didn’t look like he was fooling anybody.”A’s starting pitchers had been 5-0 with a 0.73 ERA during the homestand as Oakland didn’t allow an earned run in a three-game weekend sweep of the Tigers.HAMMER TIMEMC Hammer tossed the ceremonial first pitch on African-American heritage night at the Coliseum.TRAINER’S ROOMDodgers: RHP reliever Daniel Hudson went on the 10-day disabled list with right forearm tightness in a precautionary move after he struggled playing catch Sunday and again Tuesday. … SS Corey Seager had arthroscopic surgery on his left hip now that he is well into his recovery from Tommy John elbow surgery that limited him to just 26 games this season. The 24-year-old Seager is expected to be at full strength for the start of spring training. … Kemp, dealing with a bruised left ankle, returned to the lineup as designated hitter after sitting out Sunday against the Astros. … RF Yasiel Puig also was back after missing Sunday with right oblique soreness.Athletics: LF Chad Pinder came off the disabled list and batted eighth. He had been out since July 28 with a laceration on his left elbow. … Oakland optioned RHPs Ryan Dull and J.B. Wendelken and infielder Franklin Barreto to Triple-A Nashville, clearing room for the additions of new right-handers Shawn Kelley and Mike Fiers who came in trades over recent days. Kelley made his A’s debut in the sixth, escaping a bases-loaded jam and recording two outs with a walk.UP NEXTDodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-5, 2.55 ERA) Richie Ashburn Jersey , who made the rounds pregame signing autographs with lots of Dodger Blue in the Coliseum crowd, has never posted a decision in three previous starts vs. Oakland but owns a 0.87 ERA. He faces the A’s for the first time since Aug. 18, 2015.Athletics: RHP Fiers makes his A’s debut after being traded Monday by the Tigers. Fiers is 7-6 with a 3.48 ERA this season and 2-2 with a 1.96 ERA over his last seven starts. BALTIMORE — The Oakland A’s and the Baltimore Orioles enter their three-game series on Tuesday at Camden Yards headed in different directions.Oakland (87-57) has won four in a row, coming off a weekend sweep of Texas at home. The A’s are in good shape for the playoffs, just 2 1/2 games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West and having, at the least, locked up a wild-card spot.But Oakland remains just 2 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for the first of the two wild-card spots. So with 18 games left, the A’s still have plenty to play for. The big key for Oakland, as it was in a victory over Texas on Sunday, is the team has been finding help in so many ways.Article continues below ...That’s one reason the A’s have had such a great season so far.“You get these contributions from so many guys,” A’s manager Bob Melvin told the media. “It’s pretty cool when everybody in that clubhouse is contributing to it.”In the A’s 7-3 win over Texas, Stephen Piscotty hit his 23rd homer, and Shawn Kelley Chuck Klein Jersey , who has been helping the bullpen since the A’s picked him up from Washington, got the win in relief.The Oakland lineup features five players with more than 20 home runs — led by Khris Davis (41 homers, 108 RBIs). The team can hurt an opponent in so many ways.Baltimore, however, is going in a completely different direction.The Orioles held a massive fire sale and got rid of a number of high-priced veterans in July as the first step in a major rebuilding project that leaves many questions unanswered. Baltimore has been fielding a very young and inexperienced lineup in recent days as management is trying to get a look at what they’ve got.It’s a big reason the Orioles have not played well for various stretches since all of the trades while hitting better. But they are coming off Tampa Bay beating them in three straight games in a series this past weekend in Florida.Overall, Baltimore went 1-8 on that road trip and now sits at 41-102, the worst record in the major leagues. The younger players keep making mental and physical mistakes.“We’ll meet Tuesday and go over a lot of game mistakes and see if we can keep from repeating them,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter told the media after Sunday’s loss in Tampa Bay. “We did a lot of things young players do.”The Orioles will send Alex Cobb (5-15, 4.97 ERA) to the mound against the A’s Mike Fiers (11-6, 3.36). Cobb has been dealing with a blister issue and hasn’t pitched since Sept. 4.Despite the record, Cobb has been strong for the Orioles since the All-Star break. He has gone 3-1 since Aug. 1 and has pitched much better than earlier in the season. Cobb is 4-3 with a 2.25 career ERA versus Oakland.Fiers starts for the A’s. He is 11-6 with a 3.36 ERA but has pitched well since coming to Oakland in an August trade with the Tigers.Fiers is 4-0 with a 2.94 ERA in six Oakland starts and has given the A’s a needed boost. He has a 2-1 record and a 2.25 career ERA against Baltimore.
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