BALTIMORE _ The final few days of an exhausting 18-day stretch of games is around the time a team might start to fall into a slump.
The opposite is happening for the A's.
For a second consecutive day, the A's matched season-high five home runs in Thursday's 8-5 victory to capture a series win over the Baltimore Orioles. Oakland has now homered 17 times in its past five games and became the first club to hit at least five home runs in back-to-back games since the Orioles did it in 2016.
Davis' two homers extended his MLB lead to nine home runs on the year. His first of the day was a two-run shot to center off Dylan Bundy that put the A's ahead 2-1.
"When he gets going he puts on a show," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We've seen him go on some runs similar to these. A lot of times they end up being big home runs, too."
Kendrys Morales, Josh Phegley and Marcus Semien also homered, with Morales' solo home run his first as a member of the A's.
Aaron Brooks did his part with six innings of three-run ball. But things got a little close in the seventh.
The Orioles (5-8) plated home four runs in the seventh to cut the A's lead to two runs at the time. Jonathan Villar threatened to trim it further with a liner to right, but Stephen Piscotty made a great diving catch to rob Villar of an RBI and extra bases.
"Momentum is a powerful thing," Melvin said. "They had the momentum there for a little bit and if that ball drops, it's a whole different game. That's what Stephen does. He's made some really big plays for us over the past couple of years."
Joakim Soria and Blake Treinen closed it out in the final two innings, with Treinen recording his fourth save of the year.
The A's (9-8) have now won three in a row and begin a three-game series with Texas Friday night to close out the brutal stretch.
