Orioles aim to keep momentum going vs. Price, Red Sox

The Baltimore Orioles will take a rejuvenated offense into their Sunday matinee against David Price and the Boston Red Sox.

Baltimore, held to four hits in three straight contests, broke through for 13 in a 9-5 win on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak and even the four-game series at 1-1. Chris Davis ended his record 0-for-54 drought to lead the charge with three knocks and four RBIs, and four other Orioles had multi-hit games.

Davis will likely start on the bench Sunday against the lefty Price (0-1, 6.00 ERA). Baltimore sends rookie southpaw John Means (1-1, 2.08 ERA) to the hill.

The Orioles (6-9) had lost eight of their last nine games before teeing off against Rick Porcello and halting the Red Sox's first winning streak of the season at two. Davis snapped his slump with a two-run single in the first inning before adding a tiebreaking double in the fifth, an RBI forceout in the sixth and another double in the eighth.

"It was pretty cool," said Davis, who kept the ball after his slump-busting single. "Obviously I've been looking forward to it for a while, but there's no way to really put into words kind of what I was feeling really when I looked back at our bench and saw the guys going crazy. That's probably been the biggest pick-me-up moment in this whole thing, aside from getting a hit."

"I've been really happy with his at-bats, honestly, the last four or five days," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. "I can tell he was in a better place mentally, and it was just a matter of time. Good thing it happened today."

Porcello allowed three runs on six hits and five walks in four-plus innings, dropping to 0-3 a day after Eduardo Rodriguez became the first Boston starter to win a game this season. Price is also off to a slow start, though facing Baltimore represents a chance for him to get on track.

Price won all three of his starts against the Orioles last season, allowing just five runs in 20 innings and striking out 24. For his career, he's 15-5 with a 2.75 ERA in 28 starts against the American League East rival.

Means, meanwhile, will make just his second career start after allowing five runs (one earned) on four hits in three innings against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. The 25-year-old made his major league debut at Fenway Park last September, getting roughed up for five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings of mop-up duty.

The Red Sox fell to 5-10 with Saturday's loss. It took them until May 8 to reach double-digit losses last season, when they were 25-10. The starting pitching continues to be the main worry for Boston this season, with a league-worst 8.09 ERA as a group.

"We still have to do a better job getting ahead, finishing guys," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. Boston starters have walked 35 in 69 innings. "When you can't put guys away or you fall behind, people are going to make contact."

Trey Mancini has been hot for the Orioles, with a .348 batting average in his last six games. He's stroked two doubles in the series.

--Field Level Media