Trumbo, Davis homers help Orioles down Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Trumbo belted his major-league-leading 33rd home run Friday night, propelling the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
Rookie Dylan Bundy won his third consecutive start with 5 2/3 strong innings as the Orioles (65-50) reclaimed first place in the American League East from the Toronto Blue Jays (65-51), who lost 5-3 to Houston.
The loss was San Francisco's 17th in 25 games since the All-Star break, but the Giants (65-50) nonetheless were able to retain a one-game lead in the National League West after the Los Angeles Dodgers (64-51) lost to Pittsburgh.
Trumbo and Chris Davis hit home runs off Giants starter Matt Cain, who entered the game on a three-game winning streak but couldn't get out of the fifth inning.
Trumbo's homer, one of the longest at AT&T Park this season at an estimated 441 feet, followed a leadoff single by Manny Machado in the third inning, giving the Orioles a 4-0 lead.
Davis connected for his 24th leading off the fifth, pushing the Baltimore lead to 5-1 and ending the night for Cain (4-7).
The home runs increased Baltimore's season total to 174, the best in baseball.
The Giants have allowed 37 home runs in their 25 games since the All-Star break, the most in the NL.
Bundy (6-3) limited the Giants to three hits before being pulled after his 92nd pitch with two outs and nobody aboard in the sixth inning. He allowed one run, walking two and striking out three.
The former No. 4 overall pick lowered his season ERA to 2.93.
Mychal Givens and Donnie Hart retained Baltimore's 5-1 lead through the eighth inning with 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief before the Giants got to Brad Brach for a ninth-inning run on a single by Angel Pagan, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Brandon Belt.
With the lead cut to 5-2, closer Zach Britton came on to retire three straight batters, striking out Buster Posey and Hunter Pence, for his 36th save.
All eight position players had hits for the Orioles, who took a 7-6 lead over the Giants in the all-time series. Davis, Machado and Adam Jones had two hits apiece.
The Orioles improved to 7-4 in interleague play this season.
Pence and Denard Span had doubles for the Giants, who were opening a 10-game homestand.
The Giants have lost the opener in eight of their last nine series.
George Kontos and Jake Peavy combined for five hitless innings of relief for the Giants, who fell to 7-11 in interleague play.
Cain, who had not allowed a run in either of his previous two starts over a stretch of 10 innings, recorded only four outs before the Orioles got on the board thanks to consecutive doubles by Jonathan Schoop and Matt Wieters in the second inning.
Jones' two-out single scored Wieters with a second run in the inning.
Cain was pulled one batter into the fifth, having allowed the home runs to Trumbo, a two-run shot in the third, and Davis, a solo blast leading off the fifth.
He gave up hits to 11 of the 23 batters he faced and a total of five runs in four-plus innings. He walked one and struck out seven.
Down 3-0, the Giants put up a run in their half of the third on an RBI double by Denard Span that scored Joe Panik, who had singled.
NOTES: Friday's interleague matchup was the 13th between Baltimore and San Francisco. Ten of the games have been played at AT&T Park. ... The Orioles began the series having recorded quality starts in seven consecutive games. They still had a long way to go before sniffing the club record: a 20-game run from Aug. 3-22, 1961. ... Baltimore RHP Darren O'Day flew back to Baltimore before the game to have his ailing right shoulder examined. The Orioles hope he can rejoin the team for its home series against Boston that begins Tuesday. ... Upon further review: SS Brandon Crawford's home run Wednesday was the first in Giants history by a shortstop in a 1-0 win since SS Travis Jackson accomplished the feat in 1934.