A few leftovers from last night's streak-breaking win

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde exhaled last night, wrestled with the urge to be annoyed by the late-inning walks and tightrope acts and made himself enjoy the moment.

He initially felt more relief than actual joy that a 14-game losing streak was over. But he made certain to soak in the reactions of his players. The laughter and high-fives, how they cranked up the music inside the clubhouse.

A new month brought out emotions that had been packed away.

The game was fun again.

"Coming through the handshake line, everybody had a big smile on their face," Hyde said after a tense 7-4 win at Camden Yards.

"Our dugout was really into it. ... That was the most vocal our dugout has been in, probably, three years."

The Orioles had a four-run lead in the eighth inning and a three-run cushion in the ninth. Did it feel that way to Hyde as he leaned against the railing with his closer, Paul Fry, unavailable to pitch and so many gut-wrenching defeats still fresh in his mind?

"It did not feel that way, no," he said.

Dillon Tate walked two batters and hit one in the seventh. César Valdez gave up a solo home run to Willians Astudillo in the eighth and a single to Andrelton Simmons that didn't hurt as much because the veteran shortstop got into a rundown after an errant pickoff throw

Don't show up to the party empty-handed. Gift-wrap an out.

Cole Sulser earned his first save since Aug. 15, 2020, but not before walking Nelson Cruz with one out, surrendering a double to Trevor Larnach and watching Jorge Polanco's two-strike fly ball to right field hook foul as it approached the pole.

Fans stood and cheered in anticipation of the final strike as Polanco made contact. A few stomachs probably fell in the dugout until the ball landed in the section of seats that wouldn't let the game be tied.

As if this was going to be easy.

Players were thrilled to lift the burden of the losing streak off Hyde's shoulders. It never broke him, but he felt it. He took it home with him every single night.

"He's handled it extremely well," said Trey Mancini.

"We all love playing for Hyder and he gets the best out of guys. It's obviously really tough on a manager when a team goes through a streak like we did, but he has faith in us every day and that never wavered at all. I can't say enough about him. I love playing for him every single day and I always have."

A few more tidbits from the win:

* Pedro Severino's 431-foot home run was the longest of his career.

* Cedric Mullins has three triples to match his career high from last summer.

* Mancini has reached base in 17 straight games, batting .379 (22-for-58) with seven doubles, four home runs, 15 RBIs, 11 walks, a hit-by-pitch and 14 runs scored.

* Ryan Mountcastle has five extra-base hits - two doubles, a triple and two home runs - in his last eight games, the most across any eight-game span in his career.