Jimenez lacking in quality tonight (O's win 7-5)

Ubaldo Jimenez returned to the mound tonight in the top of the sixth inning with a chance at a quality start.

It speaks more to the definition of the term than Jimenez's performance.

Fourteen of 28 Tigers reached base against him. He didn't record an out in the sixth and two more runs scored after he departed on RBI singles by Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez off reliever Vance Worley.

The rotation had posted 11 quality starts in the last 14 games, but Jimenez wasn't up to the task and the Orioles trail 5-2 in the top of the seventh.

Jimenez was charged with four earned runs (five total) and nine hits in five-plus innings, with four walks, two strikeouts and a Jarrod Saltalamacchia solo home run. He threw 105 pitches, 64 for strikes.

Jimenez was at 100 pitches going into the sixth. Jose Iglesias reached on Manny Machado's throwing error, Ian Kinsler singled and manager Buck Showalter signaled for Worley.

The error was only the second for Machado this season and his first at shortstop.

Jimenez had one clean inning, in the fifth, and managed only two strikeouts against a team that whiffed 20 times last night against the Nationals' Max Scherzer.

Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey began the night 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA and 1.945 WHIP, but he was shutting out the Orioles on three hits going into the sixth. Machado led off with a single and scored on Chris Davis' one-out double to left-center field.

Davis has 24 RBIs this season, three behind Mark Trumbo for the team lead. He was tied with Machado before tonight.

Pelfrey was removed after walking Trumbo with one out in the sixth. Left-hander Kyle Ryan retired Pedro Alvarez on a liner to center field, but Jonathan Schoop reached on an infield hit against Drew VerHagen to score Davis and reduce the lead to 5-2.

Trumbo has reached base in 25 straight games.

Caleb Joseph had two of the five hits off Pelfrey, including an infield single.

Jimenez threw 25 pitches in the top of the first inning. Pelfrey threw nine in the bottom of the first.

The tone was set.

Update: Oh, that Tigers bullpen.

The Orioles sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored five runs to grab a 7-5 lead. They tallied five singles and a tie-breaking, two-run triple by Jonathan Schoop - his first major league three-bagger.

Ten of the Orioles' 12 hits are singles.

Adam Jones, Chris Davis and Pedro Alvarez had RBI singles in the seventh. Alvarez was 1-for-11 versus left-handers before delivering against Justin Wilson.

Update II: That's a wrap. The Orioles score five runs in the seventh inning and rally for a 7-5 win over the Tigers.

Worley is credited with his second win and Zach Britton records his ninth save.

The Orioles have won five games in a row and are nine above .500 at 21-12.