Marlins fall to Orioles
10-4 loss snaps drought for Baltimore.
BALTIMORE — For the first time in more than a month, there was music playing in the Baltimore Orioles' clubhouse following a game.
The team still faces an uphill battle to turn the season around, but it was admittedly just nice to get a win.
Jace Peterson and Mark Trumbo homered and the Orioles snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 10-4 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Baltimore also ended a string of 11 straight losses at home, which tied a club record. The Orioles last win at Camden Yards came May 13 against Tampa Bay.
Justin Bour had a pair of homers, including a three-run shot that pulled the Marlins to within 8-4 in the sixth.
“The last couple of days the team has done a good job of picking me up,” Bour said. “It was nice to contribute today.”
Dylan Bundy (5-7) allowed four runs and five hits with five strikeouts and two walks over six innings. He has accounted for onequarter of his team's victories this season.
“We're doing what we can, constantly trying to get better,” Trumbo said. “It doesn't always show up, but that has to be the goal going forward. It's going to be a long road for the team, but you want to see improvement in some areas. I think if you can target those and actually do it, we'll be that much better because of that.”
Peterson got his first homer of the season with a two-run shot off reliever Merandy Gonzalez in the fifth and matched a careerhigh with four RBIs. Trumbo went 3 for 5 with a home run off Gonzalez in the seventh.
Miami was 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
Baltimore entered the game as the lowest-scoring team in the American League, but knocked around Miami rookie Trevor Richards (1-4). Fellow rookie Corban Joseph was the only Baltimore starter not to manage a hit off him.
Trumbo led off the second with a single and Jonathan Schoop followed with a double. Peterson cleared the bases with another double that bounced over the center field fence.
Trumbo hit another towering RBI double before Mancini followed with a single that boosted the lead to 4-0 in the third. Mancini had been 4 for 50 with runners in scoring position entering that atbat.
“This is the first time he's gone through something like this,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “You're trying to be real supportive with not only him, but everybody. We're going to keep trying to create some positive vibes.”
Bour led off the fourth with a homer to left, snapping a streak scoreless innings by Bundy.
“Once we get behind, Bour gets us one back and then gets us three more,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “We never really get where we needed to be.”