Orioles 8, Tigers 4

DETROIT – Miguel Tejada homered for the third straight game and Larry Bigbie drove in three runs, leading the Baltimore Orioles to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.

Daniel Cabrera (3-1) allowed three runs – two earned – on seven hits in five innings for the win. He walked four and struck out three.

John Parrish gave up one run and two hits in four innings in relief for his first save.

Baltimore got to Jeremy Bonderman (4-4) early, pounding him for seven runs and 10 hits in just 2 1-3 innings.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on Rafael Palmeiro’s RBI single, but the Tigers tied it in their half on Ivan Rodriguez’s run-scoring double.

Baltimore came right back with four in the top of the second off Bonderman to take a 5-1 lead.

B.J. Surhoff singled to right, Luis Matos walked and Bigbie hit an RBI single to make it 2-1. After Luis Lopez’s sacrifice moved up the runners, Hairston doubled to left to drive in two runs. Hairston stole third, and scored one out later on Tejada’s single.

Baltimore added two more in the third on Bigbie’s two-run single.

The Tigers got a run in the third on Carlos Pena’s sacrifice fly, and the fourth on Jason Smith’s RBI single to make it 7-3.

Detroit loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, but Cabrera got Brandon Inge to ground out to end the inning.

Tejada hit his eighth homer of the season off Steve Colyer to give the Tigers an 8-3 lead.

Smith, who had a career-high three hits, tripled to lead off the ninth. One out later, Carlos Guillen drove him in with an infield single to cap the scoring.

Notes: Baltimore’s Melvin Mora extended his hitting streak to 11 games (20-for-46) by going 1-for-5. … Detroit OF-DH Dmitri Young, on rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Toledo, hit for the cycle and had five RBIs in Saturday night’s game. He hit a three-run homer in his first at bat. He has been sidelined since the second game of the season with a broken bone in his leg. … Palmeiro moved into 17th place in career RBIs with 1,716. He was tied with Cap Anson at 1,715. … The Orioles stole four bases against Inge. Rodriguez was the Tigers’ designated hitter.

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