Ruiz, Sisco, Santander go deep in Orioles' win over Phillies

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rio Ruiz, Chance Sisco and Anthony Santander all homered to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.

Baltimore reliever Miguel Castro wiggled out a jam in the eighth thanks to a fantastic diving stop by Ruiz. Castro put runners on the corners with no outs but allowed only one run on Andrew Knapp’s RBI single that cut it to 5-4. With runners on the corners, former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen (batting just .189) hit a grounder that Ruiz snagged on a diving stop and his bouncing shovel pass to second ended the rally.

Cole Sulser worked a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

The Orioles took the first two games of the series and have won four straight completed games -- they are also winning a game that was suspended Sunday against Washington.

The Orioles ran through six pitchers and reliever Shawn Armstrong (2-0) got the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Austin Hays led off the 10th inning with a two-run, inside-the-park homer to win Tuesday’s series opener 10-9.

Baltimore went deep the usual way on Wednesday -- including Santander’s tying solo shot that clanged off the foul pole against starter Zach Eflin (0-1) in the third.

Sisco gave the Phillies a 3-2 lead in the fourth with a two-RBI double, part of a three-RBI night for the catcher, and Ruiz had a solo shot in the fifth.

Eflin struck out a career-high 10 and walked only one in six innings, continuing a recent trend of solid starts from the rotation. But the bullpen -- by ERA, the worst in the league - continued to struggle. Adam Morgan gave up Sisco’s solo shot on just his second pitch of the seventh inning that helped send the Orioles on their way to an impressive 6-1 road record.

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