Chad Smith's first major league win came in a unique way after he pitched the final two innings of the Oakland Athletics' 8-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

Smith entered in the bottom of the eighth, after the A's had scored three runs in the top of the inning to take a 7-4 advantage.

That meant reliever Jeurys Familia -- who pitched the bottom of the seventh and was in the game when Oakland took the lead for good -- could have been the pitcher of record.

However, the official scorer chose not to give Familia the win because he was deemed to have had a short, ineffective outing.

Familia came on with one out in the seventh, a man on first and Oakland up 4-2. After a passed ball, Cedric Mullins rolled an RBI single to right, and after a groundout moved Mullins to second, Adley Rutschman hit an RBI single to tie the score.

Familia retired Ryan Mountcastle on a grounder to end the inning.

According to Rule 9.17 (c): "The official scorer shall not credit as the winning pitcher a relief pitcher who is ineffective in a brief appearance, when at least one succeeding relief pitcher pitches effectively in helping his team maintain its lead. In such a case, the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher the succeeding relief pitcher who was most effective, in the judgment of the official scorer."