The Baltimore Orioles arrived in California as MLB’s hottest team, winners of six straight games. The Athletics, meanwhile, were in a vicious spiral, losers of 20 of their past 22 games. But the A’s pitched two left-handed starting pitchers this weekend.

Max Muncy homered and Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom each had two hits and an RBI as the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 to win their first series in more than a month.

The Orioles had a golden opportunity to keep building momentum today. Baltimore needed a victory against the last-place Athletics to win their eighth game in nine tries and their third consecutive series. Instead, the O’s will fly back east after losing two out of three against one of the worst teams in baseball.