Bassitt, Beavers and Taveras help the Orioles avoid a sweep with a 2-1 win over the Athletics

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The Baltimore Orioles triumphed over the Athletics with a close score of 2-1, thanks in part to solid contributions from Chris Bassitt and Leody Taveras. The Orioles displayed strategic changes before the game, resulting in a crucial victory.

Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings in relief and Leody Taveras threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Sunday. The Orioles announced shortly before the game that left-hander Keegan Akin would start on the mound instead of Bassitt, and that ploy worked out when Akin struck out two in a 1-2-3 first and then Bassitt (3-2) came in and yielded only one run in six innings. Baltimore left the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth, but in the latter inning took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Dylan Beavers that chased A's starter Luis Severino (2-4).