BALTIMORE – Scott Hairston hit the first of Arizona’s three home runs off Daniel Cabrera, and the Diamondbacks dealt the Baltimore Orioles their seventh straight loss, 8-4 on Saturday night.

Chris Young and Chad Tracy also connected for the Diamondbacks, who built a 5-0 lead in the third inning. Hairston nearly hit another homer in the sixth, but Orioles center fielder Corey Patterson leaped and reached over the 7-foot wall to snare the ball.

Arizona starter Edgar Gonzalez, working on two days rest as a replacement for the injured Randy Johnson, allowed one run and two hits in five innings. Gonzalez (3-2) was starting for the seventh time this season after pitching three scoreless innings in relief against the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

Cabrera (5-8) allowed five runs and six hits in eight innings. He permitted only one hit after the third inning, but by then the damage was done.

It was the second straight game in which the right-hander gave up three home runs. He has surrendered 14 this season compared to 11 all last year.

Baltimore eventually closed to 5-4, but Arizona pulled away with a three-run ninth against rookie Jim Hoey, who was called up from Triple-A Norfolk before the game.

Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, with an assist from Young. The center fielder sprinted to the warning track in right-center to catch up to the ball, then had it bounce off his glove and over the wall.

The two-run homer got Baltimore to 5-3 in the sixth. Mora added a sacrifice fly in the seventh, but the Orioles could get no closer.

Since reaching the .500 mark on May 31, Baltimore has lost 12 of 14.

Hairston put the Diamondbacks up 2-0 in the second inning with his third homer after Mark Reynolds drew a leadoff walk. Two batters later, Young hit his ninth home run on a 3-1 pitch.

Tracy homered in the third after Cabrera hit Orlando Hudson with a pitch. The only hit Arizona got after that against Cabrera was a single by Tracy in the sixth.

Baltimore got a run in the third when Corey Patterson doubled and scored on a single by Kevin Millar.

Notes: The Orioles shook up their bullpen, placing RHP Danys Baez (tendinitis) on the 15-day disabled list, releasing Todd Williams and bringing up Cory Doyne and Hoey from Norfolk. Doyne made his major debut, getting the final out in the ninth after Hoey struggled. … The Baltimore bullpen has a 9.78 ERA over the last 12 games. … It was only the second time his last 15 starts that Gonzalez did not allow a home run.

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