Orioles 7, Braves 3
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs -- all in the first two innings -- as the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to four games with a 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves in an interleague match-up Tuesday night.
Davis belted a three-run homer in the first that gave the Orioles (50-49) the lead for good and followed that with a two-run shot the following inning, both off Braves starter Julio Teheran.
That was the 10th multi-homer game of Davis' career and the third this season.
The right fielder finished the night 2-for-4 with the five RBIs. Davis also helped out on defense when he made a leaping catch on catcher A.J. Pierzynski's long drive to right in the eighth.
Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (8-6) rebounded from a rocky start as he gave up two runs on four hits in the first inning -- and also hit one batter.
The right-hander faced eight batters and then walked shortstop Andrelton Simmons to start the second. Jimenez then turned it around and threw six hitless innings, giving up just three walks after the first.
Teheran (6-6) allowed five runs in the first two innings, all coming on the two Davis homers. The right-hander didn't give up anything after that but labored through a 92-pitch, four-inning night.
Center fielder Adam Jones and catcher Caleb Joseph added RBI singles as the Orioles scored a second straight win over the Braves (46-54).
First baseman Freddie Freeman (two-run homer) and second baseman Jace Peterson (RBI single) provided the Atlanta offense.
Both starting pitchers struggled in a 36-minute first inning, but the Orioles came away with a 3-2 lead.
Freeman hit a two-run homer off Jimenez that put the Braves up 2-0 three batters in. Freeman's hit was originally ruled a triple, but a crew-chief review overturned that call. Jimenez needed 25 pitches to get through the inning.
Davis erased the deficit with a three-run shot in the bottom of the first inning, giving the Orioles the 3-2 lead. Teheran had to throw 33 pitches to finish the frame, which included three walks and a hit batter.
Davis did it again in the second inning. After center fielder Adam Jones lined a two-out single, the right fielder hit his second homer. This one also went to right-center for a 5-2 Baltimore lead.
The Orioles made it 6-2 on Joseph's two-out RBI single in the fifth off left-hander Ross Detwiler.
NOTES: Baltimore C Matt Wieters' walk-off homer in the 11th inning Monday was the fourth of his career. The Elias Sports Bureau reported that Wieters became only the fourth Oriole to hit a walk-off homer in three or more consecutive seasons. ... Orioles LHP Brian Matusz fanned the only batter he faced Monday, giving him 21 strikeouts in his past 12 2/3 innings. ... The Braves put LHP Manny Banuelos, the scheduled starter for Wednesday, on the disabled list retroactive to July 25. They recalled RHP David Carpenter from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his spot. Before the game, they did not announce who would start Wednesday. ... The Braves came into Tuesday's game having struck out a major-league-low 686 times this year. That is a big change from last year, when they had the third-most strikeouts in baseball. The Braves struck out four times Tuesday.