Bergesen pitches 8 strong inning, Reimold homers as Orioles beat Mariners 3-1

Orioles end 5-game skid by beating Mariners 3-1

BALTIMORE — Rookie Brad Bergesen pitched eight innings of five-hit ball, Nolan Reimold homered and had two RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.

Making his 10th start since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on April 21, Bergesen (3-2) set career marks for fewest runs allowed and most strikeouts (six). The right-hander issue a walk and allowed only one runner past first base.

George Sherrill earned his 12th save despite giving up an RBI single to Jose Lopez in the ninth.

Baltimore was coming off a 1-5 road trip in which it was outscored 32-10, a slide that included two losses in three games in Seattle.

Ichiro Suzuki had two hits for the Mariners, who had won seven of 10.

Jason Vargas (2-1) allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings. It was his first loss since coming to the Mariners in an offseason trade with the New York Mets.

The Orioles went up 1-0 in the first, their first lead in 35 innings dating back to Wednesday in Seattle. Brian Roberts snapped a 2-for-26 skid with a leadoff double, stole third and scored on a grounder by Adam Jones.

Then things got real interesting. Melvin Mora lifted a fly to left sent Endy Chavez to the 7-foot wall. Chavez jumped to make the catch, but a fan got to the ball first, and the hit was ruled a home run. After Chavez and Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu protested, the first home-run replay at Camden Yards commenced.

When the umpires returned, they summoned both managers out for a conference before ruling fan interference and calling Mora out.

In the Baltimore fifth, after Luke Scott sent an opposite-field drive to left that died at the warning track, Reimold followed with his seventh home run.

Reimold added an RBI single in the sixth.