BALTIMORE -- Down by five runs, the AL home run leaders seemingly had no choice but to go deep to make up the deficit.
Instead, the Baltimore Orioles found a different way to win.
Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the seventh inning, and the Orioles rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.
After hitting 12 homers in its previous three games, Baltimore stormed back without benefit of the long ball. Schoop's first career triple was the only extra-base hit in a seventh inning that included five singles.
Ten of the Orioles' 12 hits were singles, and still they won.
"It was very unusual for us, but I'm proud of the way we've been going about our at-bats and not just giving in or going up there and hacking when we get down," said slugger Chris Davis, who contributed an RBI single in the pivotal seventh inning.
Baltimore trailed 5-0 in the sixth. Detroit starter Mike Pelfrey allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, but the collapse of the Detroit bullpen left the right-hander winless in 15 starts since Aug. 12.
Alex Wilson gave up three runs in the seventh and Justin Wilson (0-1) yielded the last two.
"We had a lead, couldn't hold it," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "That's the story of the game. There's really not much else to it."
After Adam Jones, Davis and Pedro Alvarez hit RBI singles, Schoop cleared the bases with a liner into the right-field corner.
"It feels really good," Schoop said. "Everybody pulled together, and we got the win. That's the most important thing. It feels really good."
Vance Worley (2-0) worked two innings, and Zach Britton got three outs for his ninth save in nine chances.
Jarod Saltalamacchi homered and Victor Martinez had three hits and two RBI for the Tigers. Martinez is 10 for 13 in his last three games.
"If anyone's doubting that we're going out there and giving our best, I'm going to invite them and have them put on a big league uniform and go out there every single day," Martinez said after Detroit's ninth loss in 10 games. "Our energy, effort level is there. What else can we do? Just keep playing the game."
One night after striking out 20 times against Washington's Max Scherzer, Detroit fanned only four times against Ubaldo Jimenez and three relievers.
Detroit's Justin Upton played center field for the first time since he manned the position at Double A Mobile in 2007. Normally a corner outfielder, Upton was moved to center after the Tigers recalled Steven Moya from Triple-A Toledo and put him in left.
"It's a smaller yard, which allows us to put Upton in center," Ausmus said.
Upton played errorless ball. He broke in on a liner in the sixth inning but retreated in time to make the catch.
Jimenez allowed five hits and three walks over the first three innings, but Detroit's lone run during that span scored on Martinez's first-inning single.
Detroit made it 3-0 in the fourth. Saltalamacchia led off with his seventh homer, and Miguel Cabrera added a run-scoring groundout.
Detroit chased Jimenez during a two-run sixth that featured RBI singles by Cabrera and Martinez.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: OF Cameron Maybin (left wrist fracture) went 0 for 3 with a walk in his latest rehab game with Toledo on Thursday. In 14 games with the Mud Hens, Maybin is hitting .196. He has not played for Detroit this season.
Orioles: Shortstop J.J. Hardy, on the DL since May 2 with a fractured left foot, will receive treatment at the team's minor league facility in Florida at the end of next week. "It doesn't hurt and I haven't put weight on it since the first day, so I don't know how it's doing," Hardy said Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Justin Verlander (2-3, 5.40 ERA) starts Friday night. He's 7-0 at Camden Yards and has at least one strikeout in 288 straight games, the longest active streak in the majors.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (4-1, 3.05 ERA) is 3-0 with 25 strikeouts in his last three starts and is 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA over the past three years against Detroit.
Instead, the Baltimore Orioles found a different way to win.
Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the seventh inning, and the Orioles rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.
After hitting 12 homers in its previous three games, Baltimore stormed back without benefit of the long ball. Schoop's first career triple was the only extra-base hit in a seventh inning that included five singles.
Ten of the Orioles' 12 hits were singles, and still they won.
"It was very unusual for us, but I'm proud of the way we've been going about our at-bats and not just giving in or going up there and hacking when we get down," said slugger Chris Davis, who contributed an RBI single in the pivotal seventh inning.
Baltimore trailed 5-0 in the sixth. Detroit starter Mike Pelfrey allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, but the collapse of the Detroit bullpen left the right-hander winless in 15 starts since Aug. 12.
Alex Wilson gave up three runs in the seventh and Justin Wilson (0-1) yielded the last two.
"We had a lead, couldn't hold it," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "That's the story of the game. There's really not much else to it."
After Adam Jones, Davis and Pedro Alvarez hit RBI singles, Schoop cleared the bases with a liner into the right-field corner.
"It feels really good," Schoop said. "Everybody pulled together, and we got the win. That's the most important thing. It feels really good."
Vance Worley (2-0) worked two innings, and Zach Britton got three outs for his ninth save in nine chances.
Jarod Saltalamacchi homered and Victor Martinez had three hits and two RBI for the Tigers. Martinez is 10 for 13 in his last three games.
"If anyone's doubting that we're going out there and giving our best, I'm going to invite them and have them put on a big league uniform and go out there every single day," Martinez said after Detroit's ninth loss in 10 games. "Our energy, effort level is there. What else can we do? Just keep playing the game."
One night after striking out 20 times against Washington's Max Scherzer, Detroit fanned only four times against Ubaldo Jimenez and three relievers.
Detroit's Justin Upton played center field for the first time since he manned the position at Double A Mobile in 2007. Normally a corner outfielder, Upton was moved to center after the Tigers recalled Steven Moya from Triple-A Toledo and put him in left.
"It's a smaller yard, which allows us to put Upton in center," Ausmus said.
Upton played errorless ball. He broke in on a liner in the sixth inning but retreated in time to make the catch.
Jimenez allowed five hits and three walks over the first three innings, but Detroit's lone run during that span scored on Martinez's first-inning single.
Detroit made it 3-0 in the fourth. Saltalamacchia led off with his seventh homer, and Miguel Cabrera added a run-scoring groundout.
Detroit chased Jimenez during a two-run sixth that featured RBI singles by Cabrera and Martinez.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: OF Cameron Maybin (left wrist fracture) went 0 for 3 with a walk in his latest rehab game with Toledo on Thursday. In 14 games with the Mud Hens, Maybin is hitting .196. He has not played for Detroit this season.
Orioles: Shortstop J.J. Hardy, on the DL since May 2 with a fractured left foot, will receive treatment at the team's minor league facility in Florida at the end of next week. "It doesn't hurt and I haven't put weight on it since the first day, so I don't know how it's doing," Hardy said Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Justin Verlander (2-3, 5.40 ERA) starts Friday night. He's 7-0 at Camden Yards and has at least one strikeout in 288 straight games, the longest active streak in the majors.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (4-1, 3.05 ERA) is 3-0 with 25 strikeouts in his last three starts and is 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA over the past three years against Detroit.
7:05PM,EDT,May 12,2016
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Kinsler grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera walked, J.D. Martinez to second. | 0 | 0 |
| V. Martínez singled to left, J.D. Martinez scored, Cabrera to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos grounded into fielder's choice to second, V. Martínez out at second, Cabrera to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Upton grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Rickard grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Moya singled to right center. | 1 | 0 |
| Saltalamacchia flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Iglesias singled to right, Moya to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Kinsler walked, Moya to third, Iglesias to second. | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Kinsler out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Davis flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Trumbo grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Álvarez walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Schoop grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Cabrera grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| V. Martínez singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Upton doubled to deep right center, V. Martínez to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Moya struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Flaherty grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Rickard grounded out to third, Joseph to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Saltalamacchia homered to right (385 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Iglesias grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Kinsler singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez doubled to deep right, Kinsler to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded out to third, Kinsler scored. | 3 | 0 |
| V. Martínez walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Castellanos popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Jones grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Trumbo flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Upton popped out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Moya struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Saltalamacchia grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Álvarez struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Schoop popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Flaherty singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Joseph reached on infield single to third, Flaherty to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Rickard struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Iglesias safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Machado. | 3 | 0 |
| Kinsler singled to center, Iglesias to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Worley relieved Jiménez. | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to center, Iglesias scored, Kinsler to second. | 4 | 0 |
| V. Martínez singled to left, Kinsler scored, Cabrera to second, Cabrera thrown out at third attempting to advance on play. | 5 | 0 |
| Castellanos flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Machado singled to deep right. | 5 | 0 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Davis doubled to deep center, Machado scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Trumbo walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Ryan relieved Pelfrey. | 5 | 1 |
| Álvarez lined out to center, Davis to third. | 5 | 1 |
| VerHagen relieved Ryan. | 5 | 1 |
| Schoop reached on infield single to shortstop, Davis scored, Trumbo to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Flaherty grounded out to first. | 5 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Vance Worley pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Upton grounded out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Moya singled to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Saltalamacchia singled to left, Moya to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Iglesias grounded into fielder's choice to third, Saltalamacchia out at second, Moya to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Kinsler grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wilson pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| A. Wilson relieved VerHagen. | 5 | 2 |
| Joseph lined out to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Rickard singled to center. | 5 | 2 |
| Machado singled to right, Rickard to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Jones singled to right center, Rickard scored, Machado to third. | 5 | 3 |
| J. Wilson relieved A. Wilson. | 5 | 3 |
| Davis singled to right, Machado scored, Jones to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Trumbo flied out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Álvarez singled to right, Jones scored, Davis to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Schoop tripled to deep right, Davis and Álvarez scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Flaherty grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 7 |
| 5 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Darren O'Day pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| O'Day relieved Worley. | 5 | 7 |
| J.D. Martinez walked. | 5 | 7 |
| Cabrera fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 7 |
| V. Martínez grounded out to first, J.D. Martinez to second. | 5 | 7 |
| Castellanos flied out to left. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Detroit | DET | BAL |
| Norris relieved J. Wilson. | 5 | 7 |
| Joseph lined out to left. | 5 | 7 |
| Rickard walked. | 5 | 7 |
| Machado flied out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Jones grounded out to third. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Zach Britton pitching for Baltimore | DET | BAL |
| Britton relieved O'Day. | 5 | 7 |
| Upton struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Aviles hit for Moya. | 5 | 7 |
| Aviles grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 7 |
| Saltalamacchia grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Kinsler 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .296 | .340 | .465 |
| J.D. Martinez RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .233 | .308 | .395 |
| Cabrera 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .287 | .361 | .434 |
| V. Martínez DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .362 | .422 | .578 |
| Castellanos 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .362 | .389 | .612 |
| Upton CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .221 | .257 | .324 |
| Moya LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
a-Aviles PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .212 | .133 |
| Saltalamacchia C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .221 | .302 | .571 |
| Iglesias SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .245 | .306 | .294 |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 162 | |||
| a-grounded to pitcher for S Moya in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Upton (8, Jiménez); J.D. Martinez (6, Jiménez) HR: Saltalamacchia (7, 4th inning off Jiménez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: V. Martínez 2 (20), Saltalamacchia (18), Cabrera 2 (16) GIDP: J.D. Martinez Tigers RISP: 3-13 (Moya 0-1, Cabrera 1-2, Kinsler 0-1, V. Martínez 2-2, Castellanos 0-3, J.D. Martinez 0-2, Iglesias 0-1, Upton 0-1) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD |
| Attendance | 14,918 (32.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:16 |
| Weather | 65 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Alan Porter, Second Base - John Tumpane, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg |
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