Martinez, Cabrera homers lift Tigers over O's
BALTIMORE -- Detroit's J.D Martinez and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back home runs off Baltimore reliever Darren O'Day in the eighth inning as the Tigers avoided a four-game sweep by the Orioles with a 6-5 victory Sunday.
Detroit won for just the second time in 13 games and snapped Baltimore's seven-game winning streak.
O'Day (2-1) thought he had struck Martinez out but first base umpire Mark Wegner ruled a check swing. Martinez then launched the next pitch over the center field fence before Cabrera followed with another shot to almost the same spot.
Warwick Saupold (1-0), who was called up Friday from Triple-A Toledo, picked up the win with 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief. Francisco Rodriguez notched his ninth save.
Ian Kinsler went 2-for-4, including his seventh homer of the season for Detroit.
The Orioles fell 18-7 in games where they homered. Baltimore fell short of tying its longest winning streak since 2005.
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead off Kevin Gausman in the first when Kinsler led off with a double and then scored on a single by Cabrera. Baltimore stormed back in the bottom half of inning. Adam Jones tied the game on a double that sailed just over the head of 6-foot-7 left fielder Steve Moya and Schoop knocked in two more with a bases-loaded single.
Baltimore hadn't scored before the sixth inning in the first three games of the series.
A triple by Moya pulled Detroit to within 3-2 in the second. After getting two outs, Gausman hit Kinsler and walked J.D. Martinez to load the bases before Cabrera flied out to left.
Gausman loaded the bases again with one out in the third, but he escaped again with a soft liner and grounder. Kinsler, however, tied the game with a leadoff homer in the fourth.
After right fielder Joey Rickard allowed Justin Upton to reach second when he lost a pop-up in the sun, the Tigers took a 4-3 lead two batters later on an RBI single by James McCann in the fifth.
Manny Machado then hit a towering two-run homer off rookie Michael Fulmer over the center field fence to give the Orioles the lead in the bottom half of the inning.
NOTES: Baltimore RHP Tyler Wilson was available out of the bullpen Sunday against the Tigers. Wilson has started six games this season, going 2-3 with a 5.20 ERA. He is still a candidate to start the series finale Thursday against Seattle. ... Tigers CF Cameron Maybin (left wrist fracture) did not have any setbacks in his latest rehab start Saturday at Triple-A Toledo, where he started in center field and went 0-for-4. Maybin is expected to join the Tigers this week. ... Orioles DH Jimmy Paredes (left wrist sprain) was eligible to come off the DL Sunday after completing a rehab assignment at Triple-A Norfolk. Because there was no spot for him on the Baltimore's 25-man roster, Paredes reportedly was placed on waivers.