Orioles rally, end Indians’ streak at six
BALTIMORE — Until Tuesday night, Manny Machado had been the only player this season to hit a ball into the second deck in left field at Camden Yards.
Edwin Encarnacion joined Machado with a 454-foot home run in the first inning. Machado seemed to take offense. He responded with two homers among his four hits, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Indians 6-5 and end Cleveland's winning streak at six games.
In the seventh, with the score tied at 5, Machado doubled off the right-field wall against Bryan Shaw (1-2). Adam Jones followed with a double down the right-field line to give the Orioles the win.
Machado haunted Josh Tomlin through the first five innings. The Indians had a 5-2 lead going into the fifth, but Tomlin and the lead did not make it through the inning. Ruben Tejada and Seth Smith hit consecutive singles with one out. Machado hit a three-run homer to left to tie the score. Machado went 3 for 3 against Tomlin with two homers and four RBI.
Tomlin, who has allowed 14 homers this season, allowed five runs on eight hits. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
"Early on he gave up a couple of solos," Indians manager Terry Francona said of Tomlin. "But the threerun homer really hurts. Machado took some good swings all night."
Encarnacion gave the Indians a 2-0 lead in the first with his drive into the second deck. It was just the fourth homer hit into the second deck since Camden Yards opened in 1992.
Encarnacion connected on a 3-and-1 slider from Chris Tillman for his 17th home run overall and seventh this month.
"I hit that perfect," Encarnacion said. "I didn't feel anything."
The lead would have been 3-0, but just before Encarnacion homered, Francisco Lindor was picked off second base.
Tomlin didn't hold the lead long. Machado homered in the first to make it 2-1. Jonathan Schoop tied it at 2 with a homer in the second.
The Indians took a 5-2 lead with three two-out runs in the fourth. With two runners on, Austin Jackson singled to score Yan Gomes for a 3-2 lead. Lindor then turned a Tillman fastball into a two-run double into the gap in right center.
The Indians missed two scoring chances late. They loaded with one out in the seventh and failed to score. In the ninth, Encarnacion walked and Chisenhall singled with one out, but Santana hit into a force play and Gomes flied out to right as Brad Brach recorded his 13th save.