Orioles 8, Detroit 5
BALTIMORE (WWJ/AP) - The Detroit Tigers rally in the ninth inning but fall short losing to the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Sunday.
As heard on 97.1 The Ticket - The Tigers' Doug Fister got the start and the loss in the third game in the series against the Orioles ... where the Tigers were looking for their first on the road sweep.
Nick Markakis homered and drove in four runs, Jo-Jo Reyes allowed four hits over six innings to earn his first win with Baltimore.
Nolan Reimold and Adam Jones had three hits apiece for the Orioles, who got off to a quick start in their second win in eight games. Baltimore led 3-0 after two innings and pulled away with a three-run fifth.
Markakis also had three hits - a homer with a man on in the first inning and RBI singles in the fifth and sixth.
After going hitless in his previous two games, Markakis now has hit in 178 consecutive series, the longest active streak in the majors.
Detroit made it interesting in the ninth against closer Kevin Gregg. After three singles loaded the bases with no outs, Gregg walked Alex Avila and Santiago to force in two runs and followed Austin Jackson hit an RBI single. Johnson retired the side after giving up a run-scoring grounder to Magglio Ordonez.
Markakis gave Baltimore a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a drive to right after Reimold hit a leadoff single. Prior to the homer, the Orioles had been outscored 87-38 in the first inning this year.
Detroit put runners at the corners with no outs in the second before Reyes retired Jhonny Peralta on a popup and struck out Ryan Raburn and Avila.
Robert Andino hit an RBI single in the bottom half, and Santiago got the Tigers to 3-1 in the third inning with his second homer in 150 at-bats this season.
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