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 Adam Jones homered for the third time in four days, Matt Wieters
homered and tripled and Bud Norris came off the disabled list to
strike out seven in five innings.
The Orioles began the trip by losing the first three games in
Houston. They won the fourth game in Houston, then came to Cleveland
and took two out of three from the Indians.
"This is a good way to end the trip," manager Buck Showalter said.
"It was a tough trip. Houston and Cleveland are two good teams, but
we played well."
Center fielder Jones, the third batter of the game, belted a solo
home run off right-hander Carlos Carrasco (7-5) in the first inning
to give the Orioles a lead they never relinquished.
In his last five games, Jones is 10-for-21 with two triples, three
home runs and four RBIs.
Prior to the game right-hander Norris (2-4) was activated off the
DL, where he'd been since May 18 with a case of bronchitis. Sunday
was his first start since May 10. Norris pitched five innings,
holding the Indians to one run on four hits with seven strikeouts
and two walks.
"It felt great to get back out there and help us win a game against
a good club," said Norris.
Norris threw 85 pitches in his five innings of work.
"That's about where we wanted him to get in his first game back,"
Showalter said. "He was good early, and I said to myself, 'That's
Bud.'"
Leading 1-0, Baltimore scored three more runs in the fourth inning
to take a 4-0 lead. Carrasco retired the first two batters of the
inning, but the next five all reached base. Designated hitter Jimmy
Paredes singled and went to second on a single by shortstop J.J.
Hardy. Second baseman Ryan Flaherty then drew a walk to load the
bases.
Third baseman Manny Machado reached on an infield single, scoring
Paredes to make it 2-0. Left fielder Travis Snider then singled to
center, scoring Hardy and Flaherty and extending the Baltimore lead
to 4-0.
Cleveland scored a run in the bottom of the fourth when left fielder
David Murphy and right fielder Brandon Moss led off the inning with
consecutive doubles. Designated hitter Nick Swisher was hit by a
pitch. But with runners at first and second and no outs, the Indians
were unable to score again.
Norris struck out third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall and catcher Yan
Gomes, and center fielder Michael Bourn grounded into an
inning-ending force-out.
"Those are the kind of situations starters have to get out of,"
Norris said. "You've got to make your pitches. I just tried to
gather myself and execute my pitches."
Carrasco was removed from the game after giving up a triple to
catcher Wieters leading off the fifth inning. In four innings,
Carrasco was charged with five runs on seven hits, with three
strikeouts and two walks.
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"Pretty much the whole day he didn't seem to have good stuff,"
Indians manager Terry Francona said. "His secondary pitches didn't
have the bite, and it was a fight the whole way."
Left-hander Nick Hagadone relieved Carrasco and gave up a sacrifice
fly to first baseman Chris Davis to extend the Baltimore lead to
5-1.
The Orioles added another run in the seventh inning, which began
with a single by Jones, who went to third on an error by Chisenhall.
Jones later scored on a two-out single by Paredes that gave the
Orioles a 6-1 lead.
Five of the Orioles' seven runs came on two-out hits.
"We got a lot of big two-out hits. Those are real momentum swingers,
because the other is trying to wiggle out of it, and you don't let
them," Showalter said.
The Indians scored a run in the seventh inning against the Baltimore
bullpen. With one out shortstop Mike Aviles singled off right-hander
Chaz Roe. Left-hander T.J. McFarland relieved Roe and gave up a
single to second baseman Jason Kipnis and a walk to first baseman
Carlos Santana, loading the bases with one out.
Right-hander Tommy Hunter relieved McFarland, and pinch-hitter Ryan
Raburn drove in Aviles with an RBI groundout, but Hunter struck out
Swisher to end the inning.
Wieters' home run was a solo shot off right-hander Zach McAllister
in the ninth inning. An RBI single by Raburn in the bottom of the
ninth made the final 7-3.
NOTES: Indians owner Paul Dolan had his head shaved by INF Mike
Aviles, joining several Indians players and coaches who have shaved
their heads in support of Aviles' daughter Adriana, who is battling
leukemia. ... Indians OF Michael Brantley was given a day off Sunday
as manager Terry Francona continues to try to manage Brantley's
balky lower back. ... Orioles INF Rey Navarro was optioned to
Triple-A Norfolk to make room on the roster for RHP Bud Norris, who
was activated off the disabled list and started Sunday's game.
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