Baltimore Orioles at Athletics

Yennier Cano struck his trademark post-strikeout pose on the mound at Sutter Health Park, planting his legs wide and keeping his arms down at his sides. For several seconds, the Orioles’ ‘reliever remained frozen in place, enjoying the moment, before striding off the hill and pointing up at the sky. Summoned in a massive spot in Saturday’s game against the Athletics -- with Baltimore up 4-2, the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning -- Cano came on in his typical fireman role. Not typically a strikeout pitcher, he admitted he was looking for a double play to end the threat. Instead, he struck out Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler back to back on splitters for a dominant end to a dangerous half-inning. “That was fun to watch,” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “That was electric, and we needed it.” Cano’s performance typified the Orioles’ bend-but-don’t-break bullpen in Saturday’s 5-3 win over the A’s. Baltimore allowed multiple baserunners in each of the final four innings but pulled an escape act every time, avoiding major damage and clinging to a narrow lead. Righty reliever Alex Hoppe pitched the O’s out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth before Cano did the same in the seventh. With runners on the corners in a one-run game in the eighth, Baltimore turned a crucial around-the-horn double play behind righty Cam Sanders. And in the ninth, closer Andrew Kittredge stranded two more runners to secure the victory. “You really feel good \[with\