Machado’s slam caps O’s 6-HR rout of A’s

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BALTIMORE — Manny Machado homered twice and hit a grand slam as part of a season-high six-homer afternoon in the Orioles 11-3 series win over the Athletics on Sunday.

Machado, who drove in a career-high six runs, started things off with first-inning solo shot off A’s starter Kendall Graveman. He struck again in the bottom of the eighth, blasting a grand slam off reliever J. B. Wendelken to mark his seventh career multi-homer game.

Pedro Alvarez and Jonathan Schoop went back-to-back in the second, while Mark Trumbo, who connected for a two-run homer to left field in the third inning, fell a double short of the cycle. Rule Draft 5 pick Joey Rickard went deep in the fourth inning as the A’s allowed their most home runs in a single game since April 19, …

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