BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles found the ideal way to end a successful week that featured five wins and standout performances from two players brought on board for a potential playoff push.
Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey Mancini homered in succession during a four-run first inning, and the Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 12-3 Sunday to complete a 5-2 homestand.
Joey Rickard and Manny Machado also connected for the Orioles, who led 8-0 after four innings and cruised to their seventh win in nine games.
The homestand began with a sweep of Kansas City, capped by a brilliant outing from right-hander Jeremy Hellickson, obtained in a July 28 trade with Philadelphia. Then, newcomer Tim Beckham led the charge against the Tigers, who won the first two games of the series before Baltimore captured the final two games.
Beckham has a hit in all six of his games since being traded from Tampa Bay and is 14 for 24 with six RBI. He also made a great grab of a grounder for the final out Sunday.
Everyone got into the act in a blowout that took shape quickly against Anibal Sanchez (3-2).
First, Schoop hit a two-run shot. Davis then homered to deep center and Mancini hit a shot into the left-field seats.
That put Sanchez in a 4-0 hole after only 17 pitches.
"It's really fun when you go back-to-back-to-back and you score some runs early," Schoop said.
Machado went 4 for 5 with five RBI, and Rickard had a career-best four hits and scored three runs.
Backed by all that firepower, Ubaldo Jimenez (5-7) earned his first win in five starts since July 9. The right-hander pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run and nine hits.
"It's always fun when the guys go out there and score a lot of runs," Jimenez said. "Our lineup is capable of doing that every single night or every single day."
Nicholas Castellanos homered for the Tigers, who went 2 for 15 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12.
Then again, it would have taken a whole lot of offense to outdo the Orioles on this day.
"They took advantage of some mistakes," manager Brad Ausmus said. "Sometimes you get away with them. Today we did not."
Sanchez yielded a career-high tying eight runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings. He gave up three straight homers to Milwaukee in May 2015, but this was the first time he surrendered five in a game.
"Those guys have a lot of power," he said. "The pitches I missed, they put on pretty good contact."
After giving up a solo homer to Rickard and a two-run shot by Machado in the fourth, Sanchez was mercifully lifted.
Baltimore batted around in a four-run eighth that featured a two-run single by Machado.
ROSTER MOVE PENDING
Detroit SS Jose Iglesias left the team Sunday because of a death in the family and will be placed on the bereavement list. The move will be formally announced on Sunday night or Monday, Ausmus said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: LHP Daniel Norris (groin strain) threw a bullpen session. He's been on the DL since July 6. ... 1B Miguel Cabrera was given a day off.
Orioles: INF Ryan Flaherty (shoulder), who's been on a rehab assignment with Double-A Bowie, "is getting better little by little," said manager Buck Showalter. ... C Caleb Joseph started Sunday, showing no ill effects from getting hit the hand with a fastball Friday night.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Jordan Zimmermann (7-8, 5.38 ERA) will start Monday when Detroit opens a home-and-home interleague series with the Pirates. The first two games are in Pittsburgh, the last two in Detroit.
Orioles: Baltimore launches a 10-game road trip against the Angels on Monday night. If the Orioles are to make a playoff run, they must improve on a 20-33 road record that Showalter attributes to poor starting pitching.
"Our pitching staff is doing well, we're playing as a team," Machado said. "We're doing things correct. We're finally starting to sink in, so hopefully we can take this road trip and get some more Ws."
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Final
Series: Game 4 of 4

Tigers 3

(51-59, 24-34 away)

Orioles 12

(55-56, 35-23 home)





1:35PM,EDT,August 6,2017
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore,Maryland 

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DET 000010002 3 14 1
BAL 41030004 - 12 17 0
W: U. Jimenez (5-7)
L: A. Sanchez (3-2)





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Detroit - Top of 1stSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Kinsler doubled to shallow right.00
Adduci struck out swinging.00
Upton grounded out to second, Kinsler to third.00
Castellanos walked.00
Castellanos stole second.00
Mahtook struck out looking.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 1stSCORE
Anibal Sanchez pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Jones grounded out to third.00
Machado singled to right.00
Schoop homered to left center (368 feet), Machado scored.02
Davis homered to center (426 feet).03
Mancini homered to left (385 feet).04
Beckham flied out to left.04
Smith popped out to shortstop.04
4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 2ndSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Martínez grounded out to second.04
Hicks singled to deep right.04
Romine singled to left, Hicks to second.04
Machado grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Romine out at second.04
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 2ndSCORE
Anibal Sanchez pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Joseph struck out swinging.04
Rickard singled to center.04
Rickard stole second, Rickard safe at third on throwing error by catcher Hicks.04
Jones grounded out to third.04
Machado doubled to deep right, Rickard scored.05
Schoop struck out swinging.05
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors
Detroit - Top of 3rdSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Kinsler singled to left.05
Adduci grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Kinsler out at second.05
Upton walked, Adduci to second.05
Castellanos struck out swinging.05
Mahtook grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Upton out at second.05
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 3rdSCORE
Anibal Sanchez pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Davis grounded out to second.05
Mancini singled to left.05
Beckham grounded out to third, Mancini to second.05
Smith intentionally walked.05
Joseph grounded out to pitcher.05
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 4thSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Martínez lined out to right.05
Hicks singled to center.05
Romine singled to shallow left, Hicks to second.05
Machado grounded into fielder's choice to third, Hicks out at third, Romine to second.05
Kinsler flied out to center.05
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 4thSCORE
Anibal Sanchez pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Rickard homered to left (361 feet).06
Jones singled to center.06
Machado homered to center (420 feet), Jones scored.08
Bell relieved Sánchez.08
Schoop grounded out to shortstop.08
Davis struck out swinging.08
Mancini struck out swinging.08
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 5thSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Adduci struck out swinging.08
Upton struck out looking.08
Castellanos homered to left center (405 feet).18
Mahtook reached on infield single to third.18
Martínez popped out to third.18
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 5thSCORE
Chad Bell pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Beckham walked.18
Smith grounded into fielder's choice to third, Beckham out at second.18
Joseph grounded into double play, third to second to first, Smith out at second.18
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 6thSCORE
Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Hicks grounded out to third.18
Romine struck out swinging.18
Machado singled to center.18
Kinsler walked, Machado to second.18
Bleier relieved Jiménez.18
Adduci flied out to left.18
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 6thSCORE
Chad Bell pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Rickard doubled to shallow left.18
Jones grounded out to shortstop.18
Machado lined out to left.18
Schoop struck out swinging.18
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 7thSCORE
Richard Bleier pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Upton grounded out to pitcher.18
Castellanos grounded out to first.18
Mahtook grounded out to second.18
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 7thSCORE
Chad Bell pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Davis popped out to shortstop.18
Mancini singled to right.18
Jiménez relieved Bell.18
Beckham grounded into fielder's choice to third, Mancini out at second.18
Smith flied out to center.18
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 8thSCORE
Richard Bleier pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Gentry in left field.18
Martínez grounded out to shortstop.18
Hicks doubled to deep left center.18
Romine singled to left, Hicks to third.18
Machado lined into double play, to first, Romine doubled off first.18
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Baltimore - Bottom of 8thSCORE
Joe Jimenez pitching for DetroitDETBAL
Joseph doubled to shallow right.18
Rickard reached on infield single to third.18
Jones singled to left, Joseph to third, Rickard to second.18
Machado singled to left center, Joseph and Rickard scored, Jones to second.110
Saupold relieved Jiménez.110
Schoop grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Machado out at second, Jones to third.110
Davis grounded out to first, Jones scored, Schoop to second.111
Schoop to third on wild pitch by Saupold.111
Mancini walked.111
Beckham singled to deep right, Schoop scored, Mancini to third.112
Gentry grounded out to pitcher.112
4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Top of 9thSCORE
Donnie Hart pitching for BaltimoreDETBAL
Tejada at third base.112
Hart relieved Bleier.112
Kinsler singled to right.112
Adduci singled to right, Kinsler to third.112
Upton grounded out to shortstop, Kinsler scored, Adduci to second.212
Castellanos grounded out to shortstop, Adduci to third.212
Mahtook singled to right, Adduci scored.312
Mahtook to second on fielder's indifference.312
Martínez grounded out to shortstop.312
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors




Detroit Tigers
HittersABRHRBIBBSO#PAVGOBPSLG
Kinsler 2B41301018.247.328.394
Adduci RF51100223.257.337.419
Upton LF40011123.278.365.528
Castellanos 3B41111115.239.307.435
Mahtook CF50210117.287.341.450
Martínez DH50000019.252.320.367
Hicks C40300012.320.346.573
Romine 1B40300115.235.297.350
Machado SS40100015.304.340.370
Totals39314336157   
BATTING
2B: Kinsler (18, Jiménez); Hicks (7, Bleier)
HR: Castellanos (16, 5th inning off Jiménez 0 on, 2 Out)
RBI: Castellanos (58), Upton (78), Mahtook (25)
2-out RBI: Castellanos, Mahtook
GIDP: Machado
Tigers RISP: 2-15 (Kinsler 0-1, Martínez 0-1, Castellanos 0-2, Adduci 0-2, Machado 0-3, Mahtook 1-3, Upton 0-2, Romine 1-1)
Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING
SB: Castellanos (3, 2nd base off Jiménez/Joseph)
FIELDING
E: Hicks (1, throw)
DP: 1 (Castellanos-Kinsler-Romine).

Game Information

StadiumOriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
Attendance30,144 (65.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time3:10
Weather79 degrees, cloudy
Wind3 mph
UmpiresHome Plate - Roberto Ortiz, First Base - Cory Blaser, Second Base - Doug Eddings, Third Base - Jeff Nelson