Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini hit successive homers, sparking a power surge that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Chicago Cubs 9-3 on a rainy Tuesday night.
Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays and Ramón Urías also connected for the Orioles, who beat the Cubs for the first time in seven tries since 2008.
“The ball was really carrying tonight, not to take anything away from the homers,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “There were a lot of deep flyouts. We’ve seen it here before. Balls carry here and we hit five tonight. It was good to see.”
Reliever Bryan Baker (2-3) earned the win after allowing one run and one hit over 1 1/3 innings.