As the Orioles' offense sputtered over the past month, there’s always been the promise that once the temperature started the rise in Baltimore, the balls might start carrying at Camden Yards and the Orioles could get back to their winning ways buoyed by their power bats.
And in this weekend’s interleague series against the St. Louis Cardinals, sweaty summer temperatures arrived, and so did the Orioles offense.
The teams combined for 22 homers over three games, and the Orioles hit four Sunday off Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn in an 8-5 win over St.