It had been nearly a month since the Birds won back-to-back games, but the Orioles snapped that slide with a 6-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Tommy Hunter pitched into the seventh inning, and earned his first win as an Oriole after the Birds scored four times in the top of the frame. Hunter (2-2) scattered ten hits over 6 2/3 innings, walking one and fanning three. Michael Gonzalez recorded the final out of the seventh before striking out the side in the eighth, and Kevin Gregg gave up a lead-off single before retiring the side in the ninth.
Matt Wieters put the Birds on the board with a solo homer in the second inning...it was one of only two hits the O's managed to collect through the first six innings. But the bats came to life in a four-run seventh; Robert Andino connected for a two-run double and Josh Bell smacked a two-run single to put the O's on top. Mark Reynolds connected for his team-leading 27th home run, a solo shot in the ninth that gave the club some breathing room but took Gregg's chance at a save away.
The Orioles hadn't won consecutive games since July 16-17 and look to make it three straight on Wednesday night. Brian Matusz, fresh off a complete-game shutout at Triple-A Norfolk, takes the mound for the O's.
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