A day after predicting Ryan McKenna’s stunning walk-off homer, Anthony Santander had his own home run fun Sunday.

Santander robbed a home run in right field in the first inning and clobbered a two-run blast in the third to propel the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the visiting Seattle Mariners.

The long ball continued Santander’s hot streak at the plate, as the switch-hitter has homered in five of Baltimore’s past six games to increase his season total to a team-leading 14. He wasn’t the only Oriole who maintained his recent strong performance, as starting pitcher Kyle Bradish turned in seven splendid innings of two-run ball to earn the win.

However, the winning run scored thanks to two players long removed from sustained big league success.

In the fifth inning, Jorge Mateo, who scored on Santander’s homer after reaching on a leadoff double, walked on six pitches, advanced to third on Anthony Bemboom’s bloop single down the right field line and scurried home after an error from Mariners second baseman José Caballero. Mateo has been in a debilitating slump the past eight weeks, while Bemboom’s hit was his first in the majors since May 2022.

Left-hander Danny Coulombe and closer Félix Bautista followed Bradish with scoreless innings. Coulombe retired the side in the eighth, and Bautista bounced back from his blown save Saturday by striking out the side for his 21st save

In the series opener, the Orioles lost 13-1 for their most-lopsided defeat of the y. But they bounced back with a 6-4 win in extra innings Saturday and a one-run victory Sunday against one of the teams that earned a wild-card spot over them last season. The Orioles (47-29) are 8-4 in rubber games and have won or tied 18 of their 25 series.

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Reds at Orioles

Monday, 7:05 p.m.

TV: MASN

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