BALTIMORE – Chris Tillman took a three-hitter into the seventh inning, Chris Davis homered and drove in four runs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Nick Markakis had two hits for the Orioles, who had scored only one run in each of their three previous games. It was just the second time in 10 games that Baltimore scored more than four runs.

Tillman (3-1) allowed two runs, five hits and four walks in six-plus innings.

Baltimore batted around against James Shields (8-7) during a five-run fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Adam Jones drove in two runs with a single. A walk to Matt Wieters filled the bases for Davis, who collected three RBI with a double into the gap in left-center.

After the Rays chased Tillman by scoring twice in the seventh, Davis hit his 16th home run of the season off Burke Badenhop in the bottom half.

BLUE JAYS 10, ATHLETICS 4: Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run home run and Kelly Johnson added a solo shot as Toronto avoided a three-game sweep and ended visiting Oakland’s seven-game winning streak.

Johnson and Travis Snider each had two hits and two RBI.

INDIANS 5, TIGERS 3: Asdrubal Cabrera singled home the go-ahead run in a four-run seventh inning as Cleveland rallied to beat Detroit ace Justin Verlander at Cleveland.

Carlos Santana and Travis Hafner tied it at 3 by homering on the first two pitches of the inning by Verlander.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 7, DODGERS 4: Los Angeles lost its second straight since acquiring Hanley Ramirez as David Freese and Matt Carpenter had three hits each for St. Louis at home.

Matt Holliday hit his 17th homer for the Cardinals, who fell behind 4-2 by allowing four runs in the top of the fifth but then scored four in the bottom half.

NATIONALS 8, BREWERS 2: Edwin Jackson pitched seven scoreless innings and Steve Lombardozzi hit a three-run triple to lead Washington at Milwaukee.

PIRATES 5, ASTROS 3: Prized prospect Starling Marte homered on his first major league pitch as Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead and held on at Houston.

NOTES

BREWERS: After a rough road trip seemingly knocked Milwaukee out of contention, General Manager Doug Melvin acknowledged that the team is fielding trade inquiries for ace pitcher Zack Greinke.

Melvin confirmed Greinke’s availability in comments to USA Today and Milwaukee’s WTMJ radio but did not say how many teams have expressed interest in the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner.

PIRATES: Pittsburgh moved starter Kevin Correia to the bullpen to make room in the rotation for newly acquired left-hander Wandy Rodriguez.