Bundy on his outing, Trumbo and Alvarez on the power display

For one night, the Orioles got their hitting and pitching going well at the same time in an 8-0 win over the New York Yankees to start a three-game series at Camden Yards.

With Toronto's loss, the Orioles (73-61) pulled to within three games of first place in the American League East.

They recorded their sixth shutout of the season and third against New York. It's the O's largest shutout win over New York since an 8-0 road win on June 22, 2014. It's their largest home shutout versus New York since winning 8-0 on Sept. 9, 1991. The two hits allowed tonight is a season-best for the pitching staff.

Last weekend in New York, right-hander Dylan Bundy allowed five runs in four innings. Tonight, he gave up two singles over 5 2/3 innings against the same team. He wanted a rematch.

"Absolutely," Bundy said. "I mean, it's nice, you had four days' rest and then able to face the same team again and make adjustments. I think I threw a little bit more off-speed and kept them on their toes a little bit, and I think it paid off tonight.

"I wanted to stay out there and get that final out (in the sixth). But my arm feels great. Can't really complain about that. It's all good from here. You always want to have an outing where you are in control. That's the main goal and just get as deep as you can and hand it over to the bullpen."

Pitching with a 6-0 lead after the last of the second was fine, too. It became 8-0 in the fourth and Bundy tried to concentrate with the big lead. Was that a challenge?

"Maybe a little bit," he said. "You just go out there and focus on trying to get a shutdown inning. Treat every inning like that, even though it is 8-0."

So for tonight, the O's combined the hitting and pitching.

"I mean, it's baseball. That is why there are 162 games," Bundy said. "It is not always going to be there at the same time and that's all right. We're going to see if we can make a run here in September."

Lefty Donnie Hart extended his scoreless string to 11 games and 10 2/3 innings to begin his major league career, getting four outs tonight. New York went hitless in its last 19 at-bats against Bundy, Hart, Vance Worley and Tommy Hunter.

The Orioles got homers from Pedro Alvarez, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo in the second inning and Manny Machado in the fourth. As Alvarez reached 20 homers tonight this O's club became the 19th team in major league history with six players with 20 or more home runs. The last was Toronto in 2010 with seven players. The 1996 Orioles are the only other club in O's history to previously do so, and they had seven players hit 20 or more.

"It's a lot of fun," Trumbo said, after hitting No. 41. "I think that is something we were hoping for in spring training when we fielding questions about what the offense was capable of. I think, in a lot of ways, we've had the kind of production we were looking for.

"Where we excel when we are going well is when pitchers have to pick and choose who they want to go after. If we have some depth in the lineup like this, it can make for a pretty tough time for the opposition if we are going well."

Trumbo was asked about Alvarez's addition to the lineup.

"It's huge," Trumbo said. "He lengthens our lineup and provides one more huge power bat. He hits the ball as hard as anybody and right now is going really well. Super proud of him and this is what he's capable of."

The Orioles have homered 11 times the past four games against New York and have hit 37 their last 16 games. They lead the majors with 213.

"There was the potential for that, so not surprised the team could do this," Alvarez said of the homers. "Most importantly, it's been a lot of fun to play alongside all these guys. To have such a good group of talent together has been a privilege and a treat. The thing that we do so well is we go out every day and compete, and we don't really focus on numbers and stats. All that stuff takes care of itself at the end of the day and is a byproduct of the work we put in each day and the trust that we have in our abilities.

"It's a lot of fun. But you won't be working on all cylinders at all times. The teams that have the most success can do that more often throughout the year. We try to do that every time out. But that is usually the recipe for a W and a day like today is a lot of fun,"

Machado blasted a two-run shot to left in the fourth that made the lead 8-0. Machado hit No. 33 on the first pitch and drove in his 299th and 300th career runs.

According to STATS, LLC., Machado is the second-youngest Oriole to reach 300 career RBIs, behind only Boog Powell. Powell did so at 24 years, 38 days and Machado at 24 years, 58 days.