 allowed two runs while scattering five hits and striking out three. He has gone at least six innings in six of his last eight outings and earned his team-leading eighth quality start.Tommy Milone held the Orioles without a hit for the first three innings. In the fourth, Pedro Severino singled and Renato Nunez doubled before Villar took Milone (1-2) deep to left for his ninth homer of the season.Santander extended Baltimore's lead to 5-1 in the sixth, sending Gerson Bautista's 0-2 pitch into the stands in right for his second home run of the season.The Mariners, whose three-game winning streak ended, took an early lead off Cashner. Domingo Santana walked with one out in the first and scored on Daniel Vogelbach's double to right-center.But Seattle didn't threaten again until the sixth. Santana led off the inning with a double and scored on a groundout by Omar Narvaez, who reached first on a throwing error from third baseman Hanser Alberto.Alberto bounced back by adding to Baltimore's lead with two outs in the eighth, driving in two with a bases-loaded single against Jesse Biddle.Santana finished 2-for-3 and scored three runs, including his 19th home run of the year, a solo shot off Josh Rogers in the eighth.MEET THE ROOKIERHP George Kirby, Seattle's first-round pick in the 2019 draft, toured T-Mobile Park and met with manager Scott Servais and the media. Kirby, the 20th overall pick, has reported to Class A Everett and said he will throw about 20 to 30 innings with the AquaSox this season, with plans to make his first start in July.TRAINER'S ROOMBaltimore: LHP John Means (6-4, 2.67 ERA) will throw a side session Sunday to gauge the status of a shoulder strain that placed him on the 10-day diabled list Thursday. Means is expected to return to the rotation for Baltimore's three-game series against the Indians beginning June 28.Seattle: OF Mitch Haniger has been cleared for light baseball activity. Haniger has been out since June 6 after suffering a ruptured testicle, and is expected to be out through the All-Star break. ... RHP Sam Tuivailala was scheduled to make a rehab appearance with Class A Everett on Friday but was held out after concerns arose about the condition of the mound. Tuivailala, who warmed up in the bullpen before having his outing halted, had season-ending surgery last August to repair an injured Achilles tendon.UP NEXTBaltimore: RHP Gabriel Ynoa (0-4, 5.65 ERA) has yet to win since being converted to a starter at the end of May.Seattle: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (3-5, 5.15) has given up five or more runs in four of his last five starts, and will attempt to snap a four-game losing streak on Sunday.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Amid 10-game skid, Orioles again face MarinersFLMThe Baltimore Orioles scored nine runs in the first four games of their West Coast trip.They matched that total Friday night -- and still suffered their 10th consecutive defeat.Kyle Seager's two-run homer broke a tie in the third inning and the Seattle Mariners eventually had to hold on for a 10-9 victory against the Orioles.The teams will continue their four-game series Saturday afternoon on Turn Back the Clock Day at T-Mobile Park, with the Mariners wearing the uniforms of the 1969 Seattle Pilots. The Pilots were the first MLB team in Seattle, staying just one season before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers.The Orioles took a 3-0 lead in the first inning Friday before Seattle scored the next 10 runs. Baltimore scored five times in the sixth and once more in the seventh to pull within a run, but struck out five times over the final two innings."We're not making it easy on ourselves. We don't tack on runs, and it's difficult to win that way," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said before Friday's game. "We don't add onto leads. We don't add on runs. It seems like once we get down, these last couple weeks, we have a hard time getting back into it. We're having a hard time against major league bullpens that seem to be going through us as of late." The Orioles were without leading hitter Trey Mancini for the second consecutive game after he sustained a severe elbow contusion Wednesday when hit by a pitch in Oakland.Hyde said he hopes Mancini can return by the end of the weekend."He feels better, but still sore," Hyde said. "We'll talk about (Saturday) in the morning. I think he'll be back in the next day or two." Dylan Moore and Mac Williamson also homered, and leadoff hitter Mallex Smith went 3 for 4 with a double and scored four runs for the Mariners, who have won three consecutive games for the first time since April 18-20."We're streaking," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "It was a crazy game." The Mariners are scheduled to use an opener Saturday before turning over the ball to veteran left-hander Tommy Milone (1-1, 3.03 ERA). The Orioles plan to start RHP Andrew Cashner (6-3, 4.48).Milone is 2-1 with a 2.23 ERA in six career appearances against Baltimore, including five starts; Cashner is 2-5 with a 4.22 ERA in 11 games (10 starts) against Seattle.In his past three outings with an opener, Milone has allowed just five runs on 10 hits in 17 2/3 innings, with one walk and 13 strikeouts.Milone, 32, has found success pitching up in the strike zone this season despite a fastball that is usually just shy of 90 mph."That's something I kind of started doing last year, and I've embraced it just because the analytics now tell you where your pitches play," Milone told MLB.com."For me, I had a higher spin rate, and the fastball plays up in the zone a little better. Obviously I'm not going abandon staying down because that's primarily where a pitcher like me needs to be, but to work the ball up in the zone as well has definitely helped," Milone said.--Field Level Media
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