Means, Franco lead Orioles to 5-2 win over Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — John Means struck retired six successful six beardown innings, Maikel Franco homered and the Baltimore Orioles bushed the Detroit Tigers 5-2 connected Saturday night.

Means (5-3) gave up 1 tally connected 4 hits and recorded his archetypal triumph since May 5. The left-hander was making his 3rd commencement since going connected the injured database successful aboriginal June with a near enarthrosis strain.

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Ryan Mountcastle contributed 3 hits, an RBI and scored a run. Pat Valaika had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for the Orioles, who person won six of their past 8 games.

Cole Sulser earned his 5th save, striking retired the past 2 batters aft Detroit loaded the bases with nary outs successful the ninth.

Eric Haase deed his team-high 18th homer for the Tigers.

Detroit starter Matt Manning (2-4) gave up 5 runs, 2 earned, connected 7 hits successful 5 2/3 innings.

Baltimore scored a tally successful the 3rd connected Mountcastle’s two-out, bloop single.

Haase tied it with his one-out solo changeable successful the fourth.

Franco enactment the Orioles backmost connected apical 2-1 successful the 5th with his 11th homer, which hardly cleared the left-field wall.

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The Orioles scored 3 unearned runs successful the sixth. With the bases loaded and 2 out, Franco deed a crushed shot to shortstop Zack Short, who attempted a force-out astatine second. Second baseman Willi Castro dropped the shot arsenic a tally scored. Valaika followed with his two-run azygous to right.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: LHP Keegan Akin, who cleared COVID-19 protocols connected Wednesday, is expected to beryllium activated connected Sunday, manager Brandon Hyde said.

Tigers: INF Isaac Paredes (right hep strain) began a rehab duty astatine Triple-A Toledo connected Friday. INF Niko Goodrum (left calf contusion) started a rehab duty astatine Toledo connected Saturday.

UP NEXT

Orioles RHP Spenser Watkins (2-1, 3.10 ERA) volition reason Tigers LHP Tyler Alexander (1-1, 4.80 ERA) connected Sunday successful the finale of the four-game series. Watkins, who volition beryllium making his 5th vocation start, was released by the Tigers enactment past summer. Alexander gave up a season-high 5 runs successful 4 innings astatine Minnesota connected Tuesday.

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