BALTIMORE — Nelson Cruz homered and drove in five runs, Kyle Seager hit a three-run drive and the Seattle Mariners cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 10-0 Tuesday night.
Robinson Cano had three hits, two RBIs and scored three runs for the Mariners, who repeatedly circled the bases on a wet, chilly night at Camden Yards.
Wade Miley (4-2) allowed two hits and walked three in six sharp innings. The left-hander was 0-2 with a 10.13 ERA in his three previous starts against Baltimore.
After losing three straight at home against the Los Angeles Angels, the Mariners bounced back to improve their AL-best road record to 14-6.
Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4) allowed six runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings, his shortest outing in 21 starts since last July.
The Orioles managed only two hits in their most lopsided loss of the season. The defeat came on the heels of a stretch in which they won seven of eight.
Cruz and Cano have made a living off Baltimore pitching, and this game was no exception. Cruz has reached base in 43 of 46 career games against the Orioles, including 41 with at least one hit. Cano upped his lifetime batting average at Camden Yards to .367 over 83 games.
Cano doubled and scored in the first inning, scored ahead of Seager’s homer in the fifth and doubled before Cruz’s home run in the sixth.
Cruz hit a two-run single in the first inning and a three-run shot in the sixth off Brian Matusz.
The Mariners had their way against Jimenez, who left in the fifth with two runners on. Seager greeted Matusz with a home run on an 0-2 pitch.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: LHP Charlie Furbush (shoulder) will throw live batting practice Thursday for Triple-A Tacoma. From there, he will travel to the team’s minor league facility in Arizona to build his pitch count in extended spring training.
Orioles: RHP Yovani Gallardo (shoulder tendinitis) will throw 120 pitches on flat ground Wednesday. If all goes well, he will throw off a mound on Sunday.
UP NEXT
Mariners: Taijuan Walker (2-2, 2.63 ERA) starts in the middle game of the series. The right-hander is coming off a nine-strikeout performance against Tampa Bay.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (5-1, 2.58) tries to win his fifth straight start. He’s 6-0 lifetime against Seattle, the team that drafted him in 2006.
