More on Machado's three-homer game, plus is the offense coming around?

There are times when we see something happen at the ballpark that we have never seen before. Yesterday was one of those times.

Just twice in the history of the majors - and not for 86 years - has a player hit a homer in each of the first three innings of a game. But the Orioles' Manny Machado did that yesterday in the 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. The first and only other time it happened in major league history was by Carl Reynolds of the White Sox on July 2, 1930.

Machado is the ninth player to ever homer in three consecutive innings at any point in the game. The last to do that was Kevin Mench of Texas on June 30, 2005.

"I mean it's awesome," Machado said of his amazing day. "It's tough to do. First off, you don't get at-bats every inning. To go out there and get three homers, it's pretty cool, pretty awesome. Not going to lie, it's exciting. I've been trying to find my swing and (Sunday) I finally, this whole series, I've been squaring up some balls which is fun and (Sunday) they finally went out of the park. It is just an overall great day and I'm blessed to get an opportunity to perform at a high level."

Machado's three-homer game is the 21st in Orioles history and he is the 16th player to do so. Before yesterday, it had happened just three times since 2000. Nick Markakis hit three on Aug. 22, 2006 against Minnesota. Chris Davis did so twice - on Aug. 24, 2012 against Toronto and on May 20, 2014 versus Pittsburgh. Machado is the first Orioles third baseman to ever have a three-homer game.

There have been five instances of a player with three homers and at least seven RBIs in team history:

June 6, 1967 - Curt Blefary three homers, seven RBIs against California.
Aug. 29, 1979 - Eddie Murray three homers, seven RBIs against Minnesota.
Aug. 26, 1985 - Eddie Murray three homers, nine RBIs against California.
May 28, 1996 - Cal Ripken Jr. three homers, eight RBIs against Seattle.
Aug. 7, 2016 - Manny Machado three homers, seven RBIs against the Chicago White Sox.

It was a Sunday in Chicago where two O's first-round draft picks in Machado and Dylan Bundy led their team to a blowout win. Bundy allowed two runs over six innings.

"Dylan has been pitching stellar," Machado said. "He is getting the rock and doing it big. It's good to have him on our side. He needs to keep doing what he's doing. He's pounding the zone, throwing strikes and keeping batters off balance. It's been fun to watch. It's been exciting to play behind him. We have to keep grinding these last couple of months out and keep playing as a team."

After an extended stretch without much offense, the Orioles scored seven, two and 10 runs over the weekend. In the three games, they hit seven homers, scored 19 runs and hit .306 (34-for-111) as a team. They went 7-for-20 (.350) with runners in scoring position.

While Machado grabbed the headlines, two of his teammates ended long homer droughts on Sunday. J.J. Hardy had not homered in 19 games and 72 plate appearances and Davis in 19 games and 80 plate appearances.

Is the O's offense ready to start producing more consistently now?

The Orioles won a road series and now head to Oakland for four games starting tonight. The stretch run is here - 52 games to go with Baltimore leading Toronto by one game in the American League East.