Craig Albernaz Likes What He Sees After Orioles Snap Losing Streak

Craig Albernaz Likes What He Sees After Orioles Snap Losing Streak

The Baltimore Orioles had not won a game in nearly a week, and the frustration was starting to pile up.

Tuesday night in Miami changed that.

Baltimore rallied late to beat the Marlins 9-7 at loanDepot park, ending a five-game losing streak that had dropped the club to 15-20 heading into the series opener.

The win pushed the Orioles to 16-20 on the year, which is still a long way from where they thought they would be after the winter they had.

Craig Albernaz did not want to talk about the losing streak afterward.

He wanted to talk about what went right.

"It was great energy from the guys the whole game," Albernaz said. "They played loose and you could tell they were locked in on every pitch. It was exactly what we want from them, and what we want from them moving forward."

Basallo and Rutschman Lead the Charge

Baltimore got contributions up and down the order, but Samuel Basallo and Adley Rutschman were the ones who carried the night.

Basallo tripled, doubled and singled while driving in four runs, putting together one of his most complete performances since arriving in the big leagues.

Rutschman came off the bench in the ninth to face lefty Andrew Nardi and ripped a go-ahead single to left that scored Taylor Ward from second.

Leody Taveras tacked on another run-scoring single right behind him, and walked twice and batting in the middle of the lineup.