Tigers Blow Late Lead, Lose To Orioles 9-3
DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) — Jonathan Schoop hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-3 Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to seven games.
Matt Wieters and Adam Jones also homered for the Orioles, who will seek to complete a four-game sweep Sunday.
Schoop hit a solo shot in the seventh and his second career slam in the eighth to finish with a career-high five RBIs.
Rookie Mike Wright (2-3) gave up two runs and three hits over seven innings. He struck out six and walked three.
Miguel Cabrera homered for the Tigers, who have lost 11 of 12. Cabrera's two-run homer in the sixth ended Detroit's run of 17 straight scoreless innings.
Wieters hit a two-run drive in the sixth inning to put Baltimore up 3-2 and Schoop's first home run of the game made it 4-2 in the seventh. Both long balls came off Anibal Sanchez (3-4), who took a two-hit shutout into the sixth.
Jones connected off Drew VerHagen in the eighth, and Schoop completed the rout with a no-doubt drive off Mark Lowe.
Brad Brach yielded a run in the eighth but got three outs in the ninth for his first save.
After Cabrera put Detroit ahead 2-0, Jones hit a one-out double in the bottom half and scored when left fielder Steven Moya misjudged a liner by Mark Trumbo that went for an RBI double. Wieters then hit a 3-2 pitch into the right-field seats.
Detroit used a an RBI single by Victor Martinez to close to 4-3 in the eighth, but the Orioles ended all suspense in the bottom half.
The flurry of runs in the latter part of the game followed a five-inning duel between Wright and Sanchez in the early going.
Detroit used a single and two walks to load the bases with one out in the third for Cabrera, who hit a soft liner to second base that Schoop fielded on one hop and turned into a 4-6-3 double play.
BLAME GAME
Before the game, a reporter asked Detroit manager Brad Ausmus if the skidding, fourth-place Tigers simply might not be that good.
"I think the team is good," he replied. "You can blame me. That's what happens anyway."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: OF Cameron Maybin (left wrist fracture) is expected to be activated from the DL during the nine-game homestand that begins Monday. "Barring a setback, very likely he might get a start," Ausmus said. ... RHP Shane Greene (blister) had a throwing session Friday that did not go well. "He was fine in terms of the finger but he wasn't real crisp," Ausmus said.
Orioles: Yovani Gallardo (shoulder tendinitis) tested his arm by playing catch from 60 feet on flat ground, his first throwing session since going on the DL April 23. "It feels like my shoulder is not restricted. You can definitely tell the difference," he said.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Michael Fulmer (2-1, 6.00 ERA) makes the fourth start of his major league career in the series finale.
Orioles: Kevin Gausman (0-1, 2.16) vies for his first win in five starts as Baltimore seeks its first four-game sweep of Detroit since 1992.
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