Jones on Trumbo: "The guy can hit the ball anywhere"

Manager Buck Showalter likes to point out that the Orioles posted winning records in April and May, and they're undefeated in June.

They've played only two games this month, but spare him the details.

His club belted seven home runs last night, including three in the eighth inning. It's the fifth time that the Orioles have hit at least seven in a game, the last time on June 16, 2015 versus the Phillies.

Mark Trumbo has four multi-home run games this season. His two blasts last night traveled 441 and 458 feet, the latter to center field that increased his season total to 17.

"That was a bomb," said Adam Jones, who also homered twice. "The guy can hit the ball anywhere.

"I've seen him play for five, six years now. I've been able to see a lot of his home runs and now I'm glad they're for us instead of against us."

Jones is 10-for-29 with seven RBIs in his last seven games. The leadoff role is suiting him just fine.

"I think it's something different," he said. "I don't know. Get a fastball first pitch sometimes."

Five of Pedro Alvarez's last eight hits have gone for extra bases - three doubles and two home runs.

Manny Machado has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, batting .359/.458/.641 (14-for-39) with five doubles, two home runs, eight RBIs and six runs scored.

The homestand continues with three games against the Yankees, who lost two of three games to the Orioles on May 3-5 at Camden Yards. The Orioles won the series finale 1-0 in 10 innings on Alvarez's sacrifice fly off Andrew Miller.

Lefty on lefty crime.

"It's a division rival," Jones said. "We have to go out there and set the tone. We know what they have in the back of their bullpen. We have to go out there and score runs early, play the game and play small ball. I think the last three games we played them, moving the guys over, getting them in from third base.

"We've got to attack on the ground with the Yankees. We know that they can put up runs and they have a monster in the end of their bullpen that's no fun at all."

The Orioles have their best starter on the mound.

Chris Tillman's streak of seven quality starts in a row ended in Cleveland, where he allowed four runs in six innings. He surrendered three home runs.

Tillman is 7-1 with a 2.92 ERA in 11 starts. He's 5-0 with a 2.04 ERA in seven starts at home.

In 17 career starts against the Yankees, Tillman has gone 7-6 with a 4.68 ERA. Mark Teixeira is 9-for-25 with two doubles, Alex Rodriguez is 6-for-16 with four home runs and Didi Gregorius is 5-for-10 with two doubles and a triple.

Chase Headley is 2-for-15.

Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is 6-2 with a 3.71 ERA in 10 starts. He's on a roll, allowing only two runs and nine hits in his last three starts over 18 innings.

Eovaldi is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in three career starts against the Orioles, with seven runs and 18 hits allowed in 16 1/3 innings. In his only start at Camden Yards, he allowed two runs and eight hits over five innings and struck out nine.

Jones is 3-for-9 against Eovaldi and Chris Davis is 1-for-9 with six strikeouts.

Matt Wieters will be behind the plate after Francisco Pena collected two hits last night, including his first major league home run, in his Orioles debut. His father, Tony, is the Yankees' first base coach.

"Pena's not the youngest guy, but it doesn't matter," Jones said. "He's a guy who's (been playing) for a long time. I think the cool part about it is his dad is coming in here tonight, and he gets to share it with his pop."

He showed some pop last night with the home run, if you know what I mean.