CLEVELAND — The Orioles came into their weekend series against the Cleveland Indians hoping a change of scenery could help erase their most frustrating series of this young season.

Having just been swept by the Houston Astros — striking out 52 times, a major league record for a three-game series — the Orioles arrived in Cleveland, the final leg of their three-city, nine-game, 10-day road trip, admittedly weary.

But the slumping Orioles bats woke up in Cleveland on Friday night and rallied to break open a tie game with a three-run seventh inning, winning their opener at Progressive Field, 6-4, while ending their season-high four-game losing streak.

After averaging 17 strikeouts the previous three games, the Orioles fanned just six times Friday.

“Well, the thing we've been focusing on the last four games is W's and L's,” manager Buck Showalter said. “Those things … everything else is, we're trying to get to an endgame of winning a game with the Orioles having more runs than they've got after nine innings.”

Third baseman Manny Machado, who saw his batting average drop 51 points over the previous 12 games, had a four-hit night and started the Orioles' rally in the seventh against Indians right-hander Zach McAllister with a one-out double. Chris Davis, who was in a 4-for-33 slump, followed with a double of his own to give the Orioles a 4-3 lead.

Mark Trumbo then hit an opposite-field blast that landed inside the right-field flag pole for his team-high 15th homer of the season to put the Orioles up 6-3.

“I hit that thing pretty hard,” Trumbo said. “It may not have seemed like it. It was solid contact. This is a tough ballpark to get one out of sometimes. It plays pretty big.”

Center fielder Adam Jones ignited a three-run first inning against Indians starter Trevor Bauer.

The first four Orioles batters of the game reached base against Bauer. Jones, who was 3-for-5, opened the game with a single and scored two batters later on a single by Machado.

The Orioles loaded the bases with no outs, but the key hit of the inning was Jonathan Schoop's two-out, two-run single — a hit that came after Bauer struck out Trumbo and Nolan Reimold.

Orioles right-hander Mike Wright lasted just 42/3 innings, his shortest start of the season. Wright — who allowed three runs on six hits and two walks — fell victim to several deep counts.

Risky business: After Darren O'Day allowed a leadoff homer to Francisco Lindor in the eighth to make the score 6-4, then walked Mike Napoli and allowed a double to Jose Ramirez, the Indians had the tying run in scoring position with no outs.

O'Day then struck out Juan Uribe, but Showalter chose to intentionally walk Lonnie Chisenhall — placing the go-ahead run on base — with first base open to face Chris Gimenez. Chisenhall was 2-for-4 with a home run against O'Day in his career.

The strategy paid off. Gimenez hit a sharp grounder that Schoop snagged on the edge of the outfield grass and started a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play.

Bundy gets big outs, first win: Right-handed reliever Dylan Bundy has been struggling mightily, but the rookie came through in the clutch to help keep the game tied in the fifth inning. He was later rewarded with his first big league win.

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