Gausman’s dominance near complete

to end his day.

Over his past three starts, Gausman has allowed one run on 16 hits with eight walks and 24 strikeouts in 202⁄3 innings. His game score of 80 tied a season and career high, most recently done on July 2 against the Tampa Bay Rays. Bombs away: After a relatively quiet night Friday, the Orioles offense had a few big swings early to ensure it wouldn’t be shut down again. Center fielder Adam Jones opened the game with a double in the first inning, but was stranded there. In the second inning, rookie left fielder Trey Mancini hit a towering home run an estimated 459 feet, according to Statcast, a drive that cleared the Orioles bullpen. Catcher Caleb Joseph followed it up with a home run of his own that frame to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.

Mancini grounded into a force to score a third run with the bases loaded in the third inning, and right fielder Seth Smith singled home another run with two outs to make it 4-0.

Elsewhere, first baseman Chris Davis reached base four times on three walks and a hit-by-pitch, and second baseman Jonathan Schoop hit his team-high 27th double in the third inning to give him an even 100 on his career. Jones robs Gallo: Gausman wasn’t always fated for a shutout outing, at least until Jones intervened. Rangers slugger Joey Gallo opened the third inning with a towering fly ball to center field that Jones leapt and caught snow-cone style just over the wall for a dramatic first out of the inning. Another day, Adrián: Anticipation in the stadium was palpable for the possibility that Beltré would reach 3,000 hits Saturday — the team announced over 8,000 fans bought tickets since the end of Friday’s game, which Beltré ended with 2,998 knocks.

But he went 1-for-4 with three groundouts, including the crucial one in the ninth inning, to leave him with 2,999 hits.