Saturday August 27 at the Athletics

Opponent: Oakland Athletics
Outcome: L
Score: 1-5
Streak: L2
Record: 44-84
Rank: 7th
GB: 30

For the second straight game the Orioles got on the board first and for the second straight game the lead didn't hold.  The Orioles got a run in the first inning on a solo home run from Cal Ripken.

Dave Parker led off the bottom of the second for the A's with a single and after Mark McGwire struck out Carney Lansford hit another single.  Terry Steinbach followed with a double that scored Parker with the tying run and next Glenn Hubbard singled to score McGwire with the go-ahead run.  After Walt Weiss flew out Luis Polonia singled to knock Lansford in with the third run of the inning.  The A's extended their lead two innings later on three consecutive singles by Hubbard, Weiss and Polonia - the third one scoring Hubbard - and a sacrifice fly from Dave Henderson. 

Oddly enough these were the only two innings where Oakland had much offense - Oswaldo Peraza and Doug Sisk held the A's to only one hit in the other seven innings.  Unfortunately the Orioles couldn't get anything going themselves despite getting 7 hits and 6 walks - including getting the bases loaded with no one out in the sixth inning and not getting any runs out of it.  They left 10 men on base and went 0-6 with runners in scoring position.