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O's hope to have runs left in trip to Philly

Jun 17, 2015 - 2:07 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Given their offensive production on Tuesday night, the Orioles were probably a little disappointed to be leaving Baltimore.

The Philadelphia Phillies couldn't get out fast enough.

The Orioles and Phils resume their four-game series on Wednesday evening with the first of back-to-back meetings in Philadelphia.

Baltimore won the first two games of the series in impressive fashion, shutting out Philadelphia in Monday's opener before hitting a franchise-record eight homers in last night's 19-3 rout.

Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee, in his Orioles debut, hit two home runs each, while Chris Davis, David Lough, Jimmy Paredes and Ryan Flaherty also went yard. Baltimore plated six runs in the first inning, led 12-0 after three frames and scored in every inning except the seventh.

"It was just one of those days where the ball was flying," Machado said. "We just have to keep it rolling."

Chris Tillman had a quality start for the Orioles, yielding three runs on four hits over six innings as his club won for the 10th time in 12 games. That put Baltimore two games over .500 and two back of first place in the AL East.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, lost its 12th straight on the road and went winless on an eight-game swing. It marked the club's first winless road trip of at least eight games since an 0-9 swing in 1883, its inaugural season.

Overall, the Phils have lost eight in a row and are 3-18 over their past 21.

Phillies starter Jerome Williams recorded just two outs before leaving the game in the bottom of the first inning with a strained left hamstring. He gave up four hits, walked two and served up two wild pitches.

Reliever Dustin McGowan was blitzed for five homers over 3 1/3 innings and things got so bad for the Phils that outfielder Jeff Francoeur threw the final two innings of the game. He had a 1-2-3 seventh before yielding two runs in the eighth.

"This was the worst road trip I've ever been on," said Francoeur, who threw 48 pitches. "It will be good to get back home."

Coming off an excellent season debut last Friday, Kevin Correia toes the rubber tonight for the Phillies.

Less than a week after signing with Philadelphia, the veteran Correia faced the Pittsburgh Pirates and did not factor into a 1-0 loss. He logged 5 2/3 scoreless innings of work, scattering five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The 34-year-old righty has made three starts in his career versus the Orioles, going 2-1 with a 3.79 earned run average.

Ubaldo Jimenez looks to win consecutive starts for the first time this season as he gets the call tonight for the Orioles.

Jimenez snapped a five-start winless streak, a span that featured four straight no-decisions following a loss, with Friday's 11-3 win over the New York Yankees. He lasted five-plus innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in his first victory since May 11.

Jimenez escaped a big jam in the first inning, getting out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation unscathed.

"That was the key to the game," said manager Buck Showalter of Jimenez's early escape job. "It's a real momentum-turner. We come in and score. That's one you kind of look back on."

The righty moved above .500 for the season at 4-3 with a 3.19 ERA and has never before beaten the Phillies. He is 0-2 in three lifetime matchups with an 11.25 ERA, having allowed 15 runs, 17 hits and 11 walks over 12 innings.

The Orioles have won nine of their last 11 against the Phillies. The clubs are meeting for the first time since 2012.