BALTIMORE — Austin Kearns hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Alfredo Simon in an eight-run ninth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for an 8-2 victory over Baltimore on Saturday night, ending the Orioles' season-high three-game winning streak.
With one out and Baltimore ahead 2-0, Simon (0-1) allowed a single by Asdrubal Cabrera and walked Mark Grudzielanek. Shin-Soo Choo followed with an RBI single before Kearns slammed an 0-2 changeup to left for his third homer.
Mike Redmond added a two-run double off Cla Meredith before Trevor Crowe, just called up from the minors, capped the Indians' biggest inning of the year with a two-run homer.
Mitch Talbot (5-2) worked eight innings, allowing two runs and five hits. He walked two and struck out three.
Ty Wigginton homered twice for Baltimore.
Cleveland had been 0-16 when trailing after eight innings.
Coming off his shortest outing of the season — 3 2/3 innings in his third consecutive loss at Minnesota on May 9 — Baltimore starter Brian Matusz struggled again, allowing at least one runner in every inning. The left-hander yielded seven singles in seven scoreless innings, walked four and struck out six.
Wigginton homered to left off Talbot, his team-high 11th, with one out in the second for a 1-0 Baltimore lead. In the seventh, Wigginton connected again, ripping a 2-0 pitch into the left-field stands for his third multihomer game this season and the 12th of his career.
Notes
Playing in his 34th game, Wigginton exceeded his home run output from 2009, when he connected 11 times in 122 games. … Before the game, Cleveland placed INF Andy Marte on the 15-day disabled list with a non-baseball medical issue and recalled Crowe from Triple-A Columbus. … Orioles 2B Brian Roberts, on the 15-day DL with a back problem since April 10, has resumed baseball activities. Roberts played catch Friday and added fielding grounders to his workout Saturday. "Felt better, but he's got a ways to go yet," manager Dave Trembley said.