Miguel Gonzalez with a bounceback outing, plus some Bowie banter

With Chris Davis and Miguel Gonzalez playing co-starring roles, the Orioles ended their four-game losing streak and won for just the sixth time in 21 games on Saturday night. They improved to 47-49 for the season.

Davis hit his fifth career grand slam to back a much-needed strong outing by Gonzalez, who had pitched to an ERA of 6.75 over his previous five starts. But he gave up just one run in 7 2/3 innings to help the Orioles end the losing streak with a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay.

Gonzalez and Chris Tillman have gotten the starts as the Orioles have pitched back-to-back five-hitters in this series. They have combined to allow just two runs in 14 2/3 innings. The Orioles have two straight seven-inning outings from their starters for the first time since the doubleheader June 28 against Cleveland.

Gonzalez continues to pitch well within the division. That was his 51st career game and 48th start versus an American League East opponent. He is 22-11 with an ERA of 3.16 and 28 quality starts against the East.

Bowie Baysox banter: When I talked to Double-A Bowie manager Gary Kendall earlier this week to discuss right-hander Terry Doyle, we also talked about a few other Baysox players.

Right-hander Andrew Triggs, 26, is another veteran pitcher who has had a strong year for Bowie. In 27 games out of the bullpen, Triggs is 0-2 with an ERA of 0.62 and nine saves in nine chances. Over 43 1/3 innings, he has allowed 29 hits, just three earned runs and no homers with 10 walks and 48 strikeouts. He has allowed an average of .160 versus lefty batters and .212 against right-handed hitters.

Drafted in round 19 by Kansas City in 2012 out of USC, Triggs was a Double-A Texas League All-Star in 2014.

He throws from an arm slot that is low three-quarters and almost sidearm with a low 90s fastball. Triggs has pitched 16 consecutive scoreless outings since May 20.

"He's had a really good year, really consistent," Kendall said. "You know here is a right-hander that throws from the side and often the splits from that arm slot are usually better against right-handers, but he has the ability to get left-handers out just as well.

"He sinks the ball and has a good sweeping slider that he usually keeps down and he changes speeds. He pitches average to a touch better with his fastball. But for the most part, it's about where he locates the ball and he has good life to his fastball."

Bowie recently moved left-hander Tim Berry to the bullpen. He struggled, going 2-7 with a 7.75 ERA in 15 starts. He has a 5.06 ERA in six bullpen appearances over five innings.

Ranked as the Orioles' No. 6 prospect by Baseball America after the 2013 season and No. 7 after last year, Berry went 6-7 with a 3.51 ERA in 2014 with the Baysox.

"A lot of it is confidence," Kendall said. "He got off to such a rough start and it's been a tough year for him. With the move to the bullpen, the Orioles thought it might be a way to get through this thing and just try to execute one out at a time and go after hitters.

"I think he has taken to the role and he's getting his bullpens in and is trying to better execute pitches. He had times earlier where he would get two quick outs and then leave a few balls in the middle of the plate and get hurt.

"We're just trying to get him some work to get that confidence and get him to believe in himself, because we certainly believe in him. Get that consistency of the changeup back and his breaking ball. It is all about him executing pitches. When he does he has success."

Miranda debuts: Meanwhile, Cuban left-hander Ariel Miranda, signed by the Orioles in May, made his Bowie debut last night. It was a good one. Miranda went six innings at Harrisburg, allowing four hits and one unearned run. He walked two, fanned seven and threw 55 of 82 pitches for strikes.

The 26-year-old Miranda made five starts with Single-A Frederick before his promotion to the Baysox. In his last two Frederick starts, he was 1-0 with an ERA of 0.82. He pitched six no-hit innings in his final outing for the Keys.

Harrisburg scored two late runs off Jason Garcia last night to beat Bowie 3-2 and drop the Baysox to 54-45. In his past two appearances, Garcia has allowed six hits and five runs in 5 2/3 innings. He did not allow a run over six innings in his first four Bowie outings.

Single-A Frederick produced its seventh walk-off win of the season last night. Chance Sisco's RBI double in the 11th inning gave the Keys a 2-1 win over Winston-Salem. The Keys have won four in a row. At 17-13, Frederick holds the lead in its division in the second half race by 2 1/2 games.