Orioles recap: Birds smash six homers in 13-5 win over Astros

It seemed like just about everyone in the Orioles lineup wanted to make sure that Kevin Gausman finally got some run support. Every hitter except Matt Wieters had at least one hit before Gausman was replaced with Mychal Givens in the seventh inning. Hyun Soo Kim hit safely in four of his five at-bats, raising his team-leading batting average to .329.

Gausman pitched well while the game was in doubt. He allowed just two runs through the first five innings, but allowed a long home run to Alex Bregman in the sixth and a two-run shot to A.J. Reed in the seventh. He allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings and struck out eight to get the victory, improving his record to 4-10.

Gausman was mostly satisfied with his performance.

"It was good. I obviously wish I would have finished a little bit better," he said. "When you get a lead like that, you're trying to make them not walk guys, so I think I crowded the plate a little too much later in the game. I was knocking myself for walking the leadoff guy in the seventh, but it's just something you have to deal with. I threw some tough pitches that they laid off, a couple of pitches that were too good late to Bregman and Reed. Those guys are two good young hitters. They got some juice, definitely."

The win moved the Orioles (67-53) back into a second-place tie with the Red Sox, who lost an afternoon game to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Both teams now trail the idle Toronto Blue Jays by 1½ games.

The 13-run outburst equaled the Orioles' biggest offensive performance of the season. They scored 13 runs on June 1 against the Red Sox.

Hardy's big night: Hardy doubled in his first at-bat and homered in his next two, giving him 10 total bases in the game. His previous high this season was in his other two-homer game on April 12 against the Red Sox. Hardy's career high for total bases is 12, achieved on May 6, 2012, in a five-hit game against the Red Sox.

Trumbo's 35th: The Orioles opened up with three hits off Musgrove in the first inning, the last a signature three-run shot into the left-field bleachers by Trumbo, who now has a career-high 35 home runs. Trumbo had 34 homers for the Los Angeles Angels in 2013 and needed 620 at-bats to get them. This year, he got to 35 in his 465th at-bat and moved back ahead of Edwin Encarnacion into sole possession of the major league home run lead.