Showalter, Jimenez, Pena and Jones wrap up 12-7 win

Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed that Yovani Gallardo will make a second rehab start after going three innings today at Single-A Frederick. Gallardo will pitch Tuesday at an undetermined affiliate.

Showalter said the reports on Gallardo from special assignment pitching instructor Ramon Martinez were favorable despite the three runs and seven hits. He referenced the "porous" infield defense at Frederick that contributed to at least three hits.

"(Martinez) said he probably should have had three or four shutout innings," Showalter said.

Also, Showalter said the latest CT scan on shortstop J.J. Hardy's left foot was encouraging. The foot continues to heal properly. Everything was positive.

As for tonight's game, the Orioles hit seven home runs to defeat the Red Sox 12-7 and split the series. They were homerless in the first three games, including last night's 13-9 win.

"Runs are runs," Showalter said. "You're going to need all you can get against them. They're locked in offensively. They continue at this pace, they're going to ... But it was nice to score that many runs regardless because our guys just decided they were going to outscore them. Or you're just woe is me."

Ubaldo Jimenez carried a one-hit shutout into the sixth and couldn't record another out, surrendering a two-run double to Xander Bogaerts and a three-run homer to David Ortiz that erased a 4-0 lead.

"Ubaldo was as good as you've seen him for five innings and that's how quickly they can do it, and they've been doing it to just about everybody lately," Showalter said.

"Got some pitches up. I know he threw a first pitch to Mookie Betts that was right down the middle center cut for a ball and then I think he probably struck out (Christian) Vazquez, but he couldn't quite get the call. Some borderline pitches. But he had a good rhythm.

"I was hoping Francisco (Pena) would give him kind of a new look and a new feel. You could tell they were on the same page. Just kind of left him there in the sixth. I think it was as much them as it was him."

Showalter tried to get Jimenez through the inning, letting him face six batters before bringing in Mychal Givens.

"It tugs at you going out there," Showalter said. "I know how much he wanted to pitch well and was doing really well against probably as good an offensive team as there is in baseball right now, and as I'm going out there ...

"I was hoping to let him finish the inning, especially where we were in the bullpen. We had a couple guys down. But just one of those things guys wear a lot up here, unfortunately.

"Statistics tell you it's all the end game, but we've seen him when he's really good and dotting the outer half and spinning the ball. He had a good split tonight, too, early on. But Ubaldo gave us five strong innings and then it got away from us and our guys figured out a way to win the ballgame. I know that's a topic of discussion from what you all tell me and rightfully so."

Pena followed Ryan Flaherty's leadoff walk in the seventh with a single, his first hit as an Oriole in his first game, and Manny Machado hit a tie-breaking three-run homer with two outs. Pena added his first major league home run in the eighth.

"Frankie gave us a lot of energy tonight," Showalter said. "Actually a big base hit in the middle of that inning. This is a guy who hit 27 home runs a year or so ago. I was actually thinking about bunting, but a tough guy to bunt and he's been real good against left-handed pitching. He's also more of a fly ball guy as opposed to ground ball. He hit a ground ball, but he got it in the right place."

Pena, son of former major league catcher Tony Pena, also cut down Hanley Ramirez trying to steal.

"Great throw," Showalter said. "Looked like his daddy."

The Orioles looked like they were primed for a sweep after losing the first two games and sending Mike Wright and Jimenez to the mound. But Mark Trumbo and Adam Jones each homered twice tonight, and Machado, Pena and Pedro Alvarez also flexed their muscle.

"A lot of people would have folded the tent after the first two games, but our guys got their dander up a little bit, I think, and wanted to show everybody that we could score a few runs, too," Showalter said.

Here's more from the clubhouse:

Jimenez on the sixth inning:
"They just came out swinging. They hit pretty much everything I threw. I threw a couple fastballs up. In the first five innings, everything was down. I just got bit in that inning."

Jimenez on his frustration:
"It is hard, but it is what it is. You have to keep going. I felt good for the first five innings. That's an improvement. Still, I know where I would like to be. Going to keep fighting, keep working and get ready for the next one."

Jimenez on whether it's hard to focus on the good:
"Not really, especially after everything I've been through in the last five games. It felt good to be out there and doing what I did in the first five innings. That's baseball. I had a tough inning. That's not going to erase how I felt in the first five innings. That's what I'm going to take for tomorrow, for the next day, and get ready for whenever I have to pitch next."

Jimenez on whether a win makes it easier for him:
"Yeah, there's no doubt. They made it easy for me. If we would have lost the game, it wouldn't be easy."

Pena on hitting his first major league home run:
"It's awesome. When I was growing up, being in a ballpark with my dad, every little kid has that dream. It's the first home run in the big leagues. It was real happy. It was a great feeling. The fans here were awesome."

Pena on his defense:
"I take a lot of pride in my defense. Coming into today's game, we know that Ubaldo's been struggling. My goal was take him through five. That was my goal out there, and I did. He threw outstanding. He threw the ball great today, I thought. He had his fastball command going. I thought he threw the ball pretty well."

Pena on giving Jimenez a new look behind the plate:
"I've been talking with him two days when I got called up. I caught his bullpen. I told him when I was going to catch him, I told him that we've got to be aggressive, let his fastball come in and don't let nobody get comfortable at the plate, and that's what we did."

Jones on whether home runs are contagious:
"Well, the last three games we haven't hit any and we put up some runs. Follow the lead of the guys in front of you. Get good pitches to hit and drive them out the park."

Jones on his 200th home run as an Oriole:
"It means I've been here a long time and been fortunate enough to stay healthy, fortunate enough to play in a ball park like Camden Yards that is what I still think is the most beautiful park in all of baseball. Just having my teammates behind me day in and day out. I play for them, I play for myself and I play for what's on my chest. Every day I come here, come to work ready to work, ready to grind it out and I got 25 guys in here that are on the same page."

Jones has homered in each spot in the lineup in his career. He needs one more RBI to tie Cal Ripken, Jr. for the most at Camden Yards with 368.

Jones is one of seven players to hit 200 or more home runs as an Oriole, joining Ripken, Eddie Murray, Boog Powell, Brooks Robinson, Rafael Palmeiro and Brady Anderson.

"The Orioles have a very, very storied franchise," Jones said. "Like I said, these kind of things don't hit me yet because I'm still in the middle of my career. I think when I get time to sit down and reflect on things, I think it will mean more. But right now I'm just in stride with my career, so I'm not really thinking about it. I'm just trying to win games and win a championship."