Anthony Santander hits another home run in the Orioles’ win over the Marlins

Ryan Mountcastle hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles rallied from a six-inning lead to beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Sunday for their third win in 11 games.

Baltimore (61-41), which leads the American League East, avoided losing the three-game series by sweeping the Marlins (37-66), who have the worst record in the National League.

Anthony Santander hit his 28th homer. Colton Cowser and Connor Norby also homered off Roddery Munoz to give the Orioles a 6-0 lead in the fourth.

Josh Bell hit a solo homer in the sixth and Miami closed within 6-3 in the eighth when Xavier Edwards hit an RBI single and scored on Bryan de la Cruz’s double.

Craig Kimbrel blew a save for the fifth time in 28 chances with a one-out single and a pair of walks. Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove in a run after a fielding error by shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Edward hit a sacrifice fly and Bell followed with the tying single.

For the Orioles, Venezuelan Anthony Santander finished 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI.

TIGERS WHITEWASHED GUARDIANS

Puerto Rican Javier Báez hit a three-run homer in the second inning and six pitchers combined to allow just four hits as the Detroit Tigers beat the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians 3-0.

Baez homered for the first time since April 14, blasting 409 feet into the seats in left field in his second game at the bottom of the batting order. It was his second homer in 230 plate appearances this season and raised his average to .180.

SCHERZER REACHED 3,400 STRIKEOUTS

Max Scherzer struck out a season-high nine to move into 10th place on the all-time list, and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Sunday. Marcus Semien homered to help Scherzer raise his career strikeout total to 3,400 by passing former teammate Justin Verlander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, with his third strikeout of the game.

||AP