BALTIMORE – Luke Scott homered, Melvin Mora had three hits and a key RBI, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-6 on Friday night.

Pittsburgh got a three-run homer from Jason Michaels in building a 6-1 lead in the third inning against Brian Burres (5-5).

Baltimore got a run back on a fourth-inning RBI double by Ramon Hernandez, then closed to 6-5 in the fifth on a run-scoring grounder by Aubrey Huff and a two-run single by Kevin Millar.

Reliever Franquelis Osoria (3-2) walked Hernandez and Adam Jones singled before Brian Roberts singled in the tying run in the sixth. One out later, Mora singled for a 7-6 lead.

Scott homered in the seventh, and Mora doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the eighth.