Orioles Hit 7 Home Runs, Beat Red Sox 12-7
BALTIMORE -- Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, while Adam Jones and Mark Trumbo belted two homers apiece as the Baltimore Orioles recorded a season-high seven in Thursday's 12-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Trumbo and Jones each hit two-run and solo shots but it was the Machado's homer in the seventh off Junichi Tazawa that snapped a 5-5 tie and gave Baltimore (30-22) the lead for good.
Alvarez added his solo shot in the eighth which made it 9-5. Francisco Pena, in his first game with the Orioles, also hit a two-run homer later in the inning -- his first in the major leagues.
Jones hit his second later in the three-homer inning to make it 12-5. The Red Sox added two in the ninth.
The Orioles scored all 13 runs in Wednesday's victory without a homer, but got all 12 on Thursday via the long ball.
Mychal Givens (4-0) earned the victory with two innings of scoreless relief after starter Ubaldo Jimenez stumbled in the the sixth.
Robbie Ross Jr. (0-1) took the loss for Boston (32-22), who split the four-game series with Baltimore after winning the first two games.
Boston rallied after a slow start and knocked out Jimenez with a five-run sixth. Xander Bogaerts stretched his hitting streak to 26 games with a two-run single, and David Ortiz followed with a three-run homer that gave the Red Sox a 5-4 lead.
The Orioles quickly tied it when Trumbo hit his second homer of the night, a solo shot to center in the bottom of the sixth.
Baltimore finally took an early lead in the series on Trumbo's two-run homer off Porcello with one out in the fourth. Trumbo lined a 1-2 pitch into the left field seats for a 2-0 lead.
The Orioles used the same method to take a 4-0 lead one inning later when Jones hit a two-run homer to left -- his first since May 14.
Jimenez breezed through the early innings. He retired the first eight batters before walking Christian Vazquez. The Red Sox did not get a hit until Hanley Ramirez singled to start the fifth, but Jimenez retired the next three batters.
NOTES: The Orioles optioned RHP Mike Wright to Triple-A Norfolk after a poor start Wednesday. He had a 2-3 record with a 5.88 ERA in 10 games (nine starts). ... Baltimore selected the contract of LHP Brian Duensing from Norfolk. The 33-year old had a 1-0 record with 2.70 ERA with two saves overall in 15 games in Triple-A this year. ... Red Sox OF Jackie Bradley Jr. had a very big day Thursday. He and his wife welcomed a daughter into the world, and Bradley also was selected the American League Player of the Month for May. Bradley hit .381 in May with eight homers and 24 RBIs. Manager John Farrell said he expects the outfielder to return from paternity leave Friday. ... Farrell also said that, after sending down RHP Joe Kelly following Wednesday's poor start, the Red Sox should not need a No. 5 starter until June 18. They will stick with a four-man rotation until that point.