Right-hander Chris Tillman pitched 5 1/3 innings on Monday night and again fell victim to some faulty command, walking four and allowing two home runs in the Orioles 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners before 15,106 at Camden Yards.
First baseman Chris Davis finally decided a back-and-forth game with a tie-breaking RBI double in the seventh inning as the Orioles won for the fifth straight time and moved above .500 (66-65) for the first time since June 11.
Tillman was effective and efficient through three innings, giving up just two hits and holding down his pitch count while the O’s built a 3-1 lead, but he walked a pair of hitters in the fourth before left-fielder Ben Gamel hit a two-out, three-run homer to temporarily give the Mariners the lead.