BALTIMORE -- The red-hot Orioles offense got going late and rallied the team to a 7-5 victory over the Tigers on Thursday night at Camden Yards. The series-opening victory was Baltimore's fifth in a row and 10th in 14 games, while Detroit lost for the ninth time in 10 games.
The Orioles couldn't get much going through five innings against Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey and trailed, 5-0, as they came to bat in the sixth. But they pushed across two runs in that frame -- both charged to Pelfrey -- and five more against the Detroit bullpen in the seventh.