Durazo loads up on Orioles pitching

Fri., Aug. 20, 2004

Associated Press

BALTIMORE – No matter what kind of pitch was thrown and regardless of who threw it, Erubiel Durazo sent the baseball deep into the night.

Slider, fastball, lefty, righty, it didn’t matter. When Durazo hit it, the ball soared over the wall.

Durazo hit three homers and drove in all five of Oakland’s runs, and Mark Mulder became the majors’ first 16-game winner by pitching the Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

The A’s trailed 4-0 before Durazo hit a pair of two-run homers off Sidney Ponson. But the slugger saved his best for last, connecting off B.J. Ryan (3-3) on a 3-2 fastball in the eighth to break the tie and put Mulder in position to win.

“I really can’t say too much about the offense. There’s just one guy’s locker to go to,” Oakland manager Ken Macha said.

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