Baltimore 13, Detroit 3
When: 1:08 PM ET, Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
67°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Wegner, 1B -
Lazaro Diaz, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
38574
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Orioles 13, Tigers 3: Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs and Taylor Teagarden swatted a three-run blast as visiting Baltimore routed Detroit in the rubber match of the three-game series.
Davis clubbed his major league-leading 25th and 26th homers and added an RBI double to support Chris Tillman (8-2), who labored through five-plus innings to win his fourth consecutive start as the Orioles moved a season-high 11 games over .500. Adam Jones had a pair of hits and three RBIs and Nate McLouth added three hits as Baltimore improved to 8-3 in its last 11.
Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello (4-4) had his worst outing in two months, surrendering six runs - all in the fourth inning - on nine hits in six innings. Matt Tuiasosopo had a two-run pinch-hit double for Detroit, which was outscored 18-5 in the last two games after winning the series opener.
Davis broke a scoreless deadlock in the fourth when he lofted a two-run, opposite-field shot off Porcello over the fence in left field. Teagarden, batting .043 (1-for-23) coming into the contest, made it 5-0 with a three-run blast into the seats in left before Manny Machado's RBI single capped the six-run outburst.
The Tigers cut into the deficit on Omar Infante's RBI double in the fourth and Tuiasosopo's ground-rule double in the sixth to make it 6-3, but Baltimore answered with three runs in its next at-bat and tacked on four more in the ninth, including Davis' second two-run shot.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Davis had his second five-RBI game of the year to help Tillman win his fifth consecutive decision and improve to 6-0 on the road while giving up three runs on seven hits. ... Tuiasosopo improved to 3-for-10 with six RBIs as a pinch hitter for Detroit. .. The Tigers will host AL East-leading Boston for four games beginning Thursday while the Orioles have a day off before opening a three-game series at surging Toronto on Friday night.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Baltimore
|
17 |
3 |
30 |
.395 |
11 |
9 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Detroit
|
11 |
0 |
14 |
.297 |
19 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |