BALTIMORE -- After the Orioles had gone without a home run for the first three games of the series while the Red Sox belted 12, Baltimore ended the power slump with a season-high seven homers to earn a 12-7 victory in Thursday night's series finale at Camden Yards.
Mark Trumbo and Adam Jones both went deep twice and Manny Machado blasted a two-out, three-run homer in the seventh inning off reliever Junichi Tazawa to break a 5-5 tie. The O's homered in five straight innings, including Francisco Pena's first career long ball in his Baltimore debut, to overcome a rocky sixth from starter Ubaldo Jimenez, who surrendered five runs in the frame after allowing just one hit in the first five innings.
In the sixth, Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 26 games with a two-run single off Jimenez. Slugger David Ortiz then took Jimenez deep for a three-run shot to give Boston a 5-4 lead, but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the Orioles' power surge. Boston starter Rick Porcello allowed five runs on six hits in six innings. He was plagued by the long ball, surrendering three for the first time since July 1, 2015.
Bogaerts' hit streak now at 26
BOS@BAL: Bogaerts extends hit streak to 26
Xander Bogaerts singles to center to score two and extend his hit streak to 26
Despite dropping the first two games, the Orioles split the series to pull within one game of the first-place Red Sox in the American League East.
Ryan Baillargeon is a reporter for MLB.com based in Baltimore and covered the Orioles on Thursday.
Ben Raby is a contributor to MLB.com.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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