WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit two homers and drove in five runs, Coby Mayo hit a three-run homer, and the Baltimore Orioles scored seven unanswered runs to rally past the Athletics 8-5 on Sunday.
Baltimore (68-69) improves to one game under .500 for the first time since April 30 and sits one game back of the third and final AL wild-card spot.
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Bassitt throws to the Athletics during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Athletics first baseman Tommy White (47) puts out Baltimore Orioles' Blaze Alexander (23) during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Coby Mayo fields a ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Henderson hit a line drive over the center field wall for a 1-0 first-inning lead. The Athletics then scored five straight runs before Mayo pulled Baltimore back in the game with his 15th home run off a left-handed pitcher this season — breaking a tie with Atlanta's Matt Olson for most in the majors.
Henderson hit his second home run 413 feet to drive in the go-ahead runs in the fifth before capping the scoring with an RBI triple in the eighth as Baltimore completed a three-game sweep.
He is the third player in the MLB this season with a triple in a multihomer game and the first to do so for Baltimore since Nelson Cruz on Sept. 7, 2014.
Chris Bassitt (6-4) gave up five runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings for Baltimore while striking out four. Yennier Cano worked a hitless ninth for his third save of the year.
Lawrence Butler extended his hitting streak to eight games with a two-run double in the first to give the Athletics a 2-1 lead. Jeff McNeil tacked on an RBI double in the third, and Brian Serven extended the lead to 5-1 in the fourth.
Jeffrey Springs (3-13) surrendered seven runs off six hits while fanning six for the Athletics in 4 2/3 innings.
Orioles’ first baseman Pete Alonso was hit on the side of the helmet with a pitch in the eighth.
Athletics: LHP Gage Jump (6-8, 4.69 ERA) opens game one over the Rangers on Monday.
Orioles: Yet to announce a starter for a series opener with the Rockies on Monday.
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Bassitt throws to the Athletics during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Athletics first baseman Tommy White (47) puts out Baltimore Orioles' Blaze Alexander (23) during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Coby Mayo fields a ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Iran swiftly vowed to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack.
Forces with the Revolutionary Guard Corps were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, according to Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes.
Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island on the strait. The Guard in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster noted “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.”
Later, Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. There were no immediate reports of damage.
A return to open conflict would be dangerous for the region, where Iran has targeted U.S. military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries since the war began on Feb. 28.
The last time the U.S. military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites. On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The attack comes just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action — to try to end its war with Iran. The shifting strategy centers on threats to punish any country or entity that continues to conduct business with Tehran.
Sunday's attack was a “fatal mistake by the Trump regime during the economic war” and the enemy will pay the consequences militarily and economically, a Guard spokesperson, Gen. Hossein Mohebi, said in a statement carried by Iranian media.
The U.S. turn to using sanctions came as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine U.S. military readiness in other parts of the globe.
As the conflict grinds on, Trump’s talk of finding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed last week that he’s “not in a hurry” to get Iran back to the negotiating table, and he continues making the case that the Islamic Republic’s leadership is on the ropes.
Appointments to Iran’s senior security leadership in the past month, however, have signaled Tehran’s defiance after weathering decades of sanctions as well as a lack of tolerance for dissent at home.
Trump has consistently emphasized that the U.S. and Israel campaign has been devastating for Iran’s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage. Israeli military strikes in the first weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure.
But Iran has found leverage through its strikes against vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few ships carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. Iran still has enough drones and missiles to fire at vessels transiting the waterway through which 20% of the world's oil normally flows.
Crude oil prices rose Sunday in response to the U.S. attack. The price for a barrel of U.S. oil went up 1.8% to $84.94, while the price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.9% to $89.79.
Tehran continues to assert that even after it works out a management plan for the strait with Oman, its neighbor on the other side of the waterway, the U.S. can't use it until it fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June.
Trump has repeatedly declared that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24 vessels passed through last week. But that’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that transited daily before the war began.
Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the U.S. Navy said commercial traffic through the strait remained at “reduced levels.”
And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said no casualties or environmental impact had been reported, and cited unspecified military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The U.S. military said that as of Sunday, it had redirected 83 commercial vessels and disabled three under its blockade of Iranian ports.
Toropin reported from Nuremberg, Germany. Anna reported from Lowville, New York. Associated Press journalists Christopher Weber in Los Angeles and Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit contributed to this report.
A government supporter holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday, with St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral in the background, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Crowds fill a street during celebrations marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Children laugh and play in a spray of water during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
