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By Jeremy Kahn
BALTIMORE — Evan Longoria played at Camden Yards more than any member of the San Francisco Giants.
In the finale of the series, Longoria picked up three hits, including a ground-rule double that broke open the game in the top of the fourth inning and the Giants defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 before a crowd of 16,991 at Camden Yards.
Probably played close to 100 games here, said Longoria, who broke a 0-for-21 skid with his solo home run in the top of the fourth inning.
With the victory, the Giants took out of three from the Orioles and scored 22 runs in the three-game series.
Good bounce back the last two games, said Bruce Bochy.
This was the Giants first series win since taking two out of three against the Arizona Diamondbacks from May 17-19.
Longoria tied up the game in the top of the fourth inning, as he hit his seventh home run of the season.
The 22 home runs hit by Longoria are the most by an active player at Camden Yards.
Kevin Pillar then gave the Giants the lead for good, as he doubled in Brandon Belt, who walked just prior to Pillars double.
That would be enough for Jeff Samardzija, who went six innings, allowing one run on just three hits, not walking a batter and striking out four on his way to his third win of the season.
Gave up that one run early, and then got a little cushion there, said Samardzija.
Longoria broke the game open in the top of the fifth inning, as he lashed a two-run ground-rule double that bounced into the left field seats.
Both Stephen Vogt and Steven Duggar scored on the Longoria double. Vogt walked, and then reached second, while Duggar reached first on a Stevie Wilkerson fielding error and two batters later, Longoria smacked his second hit in three-at bats.
Brandon Crawford extended the Giants lead up to 5-1, as he took a Branden Kline offering and put it into the seats in the top of the sixth inning.
Pablo Sandoval got in on the RBI parade in the top of the seventh inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly that scored Mike Yastrzemski, who walked with one out in the inning.
Crawford picked up his second home run of the game, as he led off the top of the eighth inning and it was his fifth of the season.
This was the third multi-home run game of Crawfords career and first since August 3, 2015 versus the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.
Felt good, squared up, said Crawford.
Yastrzemski drove in the Giants final run of the game, as he singled in Duggar, who doubled to right field.
In his first ever appearance against the Giants, Gabriel Ynoa went five innings, allowing four runs (two earned), walking two and striking out four.
The lone bright spot for the Orioles came off the bat of Trey Mancini, who a solo home run off of Samardzija in the bottom of the 1st inning.
It was the 16th home run of the season for Mancini and second of the series.
Brandon Belt extended his hitting streak up to nine games, as he went 1-for-3 in the finale. This is the longest hitting streak by Belt since April 17-April 27, 2018, when he also hit in nine straight games.
NOTES: Tyler Austin hit the only other multi-home run game of the season, as he connected twice against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 9.
This was the first time that the Giants scored at least six or more runs in three straight games this season, and the first time since May 2-5, 2018 against the San Diego Padres, at what was known as AT&T Park and then the first two games against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park.
Mancini loves to hit in the first inning, as he now 20-for-49 with five home runs and 13 runs scored in the first inning.
UP NEXT; After an off-day on Monday, the Giants open a three-game series against the New York Mets at Citi Field on Tuesday night, as Madison Bumgarner will take the mound and Noah Syndergaard will open the series for the Mets.
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