Orioles 10, Padres 3
Chris Davis belted a three-run homer to snap a tie in the eighth inning and J.J. Hardy also went deep and drove in three runs as visiting Baltimore completed a sweep of an abbreviated two-game interleague series.
San Diego native Adam Jones followed his series-opening 4-for-4 performance with three hits - including an RBI single in the fourth inning. Manny Machado matched Jones by driving in a run and scoring twice for the Orioles, who stayed 1 1/2 games behind Texas for the second wild card spot in the American League.
With the contest knotted at 3-3, Luke Gregerson (5-6) relieved starter Eric Stults to begin the eighth inning and promptly allowed singles to Machado and Jones. Gregerson departed and Davis greeted Colt Hynes by depositing his first-pitch slider over the right-center field wall for his major league-leading 41st homer - and fourth in eight games.
The mammoth 453-foot blast made a winner of Francisco Rodriguez (1-0), who replaced starter Miguel Gonzalez and struck out a pair in his one inning of work.
Jedd Gyorko belted a three-run homer to forge a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning for the Padres, who have dropped four of six.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Jones, who finished 3-for-5, is 12-for-24 with a homer, six runs scored and five RBIs during his six-game hitting streak. ... Gyorko's 10th homer spoiled an otherwise stellar start by Gonzalez, who yielded three runs on six hits and struck out eight in six innings. Stults allowed three runs on five hits in seven frames. ... Baltimore continues its eight-game road trip Friday by beginning a three-game set versus San Francisco. San Diego opens a six-game road trip on Friday with a three-game set at Cincinnati.