Cust homers twice as A's hand O's eighth-straight loss

BALTIMORE (AP) - Jack Cust hit two solo home runs, Greg Smith pitched seven shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics handed the Baltimore Orioles their eighth straight loss, 5-1 last night.

Jack Hannahan also homered for the A's, who have won two in a row for only the second time since the All-Star break.

The game was supposed to be the latter part of a split doubleheader, but the afternoon contest was wiped out by rain, courtesy of Tropical Storm Hanna. No makeup date was announced.

If the game is not made up, Oakland will finish with a 5-0 sweep of the season series. The A's swept the Orioles once before, 7-0...