BALTIMORE (AP) -- Steve Souza Jr. homered for the third time in three games, and the Tampa Bay Rays provided right-hander Jake Odorizzi a rare show of offensive support in a 9-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.Souza hit a three-run drive off Chris Tillman (2-7) in the fifth inning for a 6-2 lead. His 10 home runs are tops among AL rookies and twice that of any teammate.David DeJesus also homered and Joey Butler had a career-high four hits for the Rays, who took two of three for their first series win in five tries since mid-May. 
Delmon Young and Manny Machado had two home runs apiece for the Orioles.Odorizzi (4-5) came in with a 2.31 ERA but had lost three straight starts due primarily to lack of offensive backing. The Rays have tallied six runs in his five losses, and their output Sunday was more than in his previous four starts combined.Odorizzi allowed four runs and seven hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander yielded three home runs - one more than in his previous 10 starts.Brad Boxberger, the sixth Tampa Bay pitcher, got two outs for his 15th save.Tillman gave up five earned runs and nine hits to drop his sixth straight decision since April 18. Each of the three batters he walked came around to score.It was 2-all in the sixth when Tillman walked Evan Longoria with two outs. DeJesus followed with an infield hit and Logan Forsythe singled in a run before Souza ripped a 3-2 pitch over the center-field wall.DeJesus connected off Oliver Drake in the seventh, and Machado chased Odorizzi with a two-run drive in the bottom half.Odorizzi has gone at least six innings in 11 straight starts, tied for second place in the team record book behind James Shields (14).After Young put the Orioles ahead in the first inning, Tampa Bay took the lead in the second.Young connected again in the third to knot the score at 2. It was his fourth career multihomer game, the first since August 2011 with Minnesota.The Rays collected three singles, two doubles and a pair of walks in the first four innings but went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
Delmon Young and Manny Machado had two home runs apiece for the Orioles.Odorizzi (4-5) came in with a 2.31 ERA but had lost three straight starts due primarily to lack of offensive backing. The Rays have tallied six runs in his five losses, and their output Sunday was more than in his previous four starts combined.Odorizzi allowed four runs and seven hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander yielded three home runs - one more than in his previous 10 starts.Brad Boxberger, the sixth Tampa Bay pitcher, got two outs for his 15th save.Tillman gave up five earned runs and nine hits to drop his sixth straight decision since April 18. Each of the three batters he walked came around to score.It was 2-all in the sixth when Tillman walked Evan Longoria with two outs. DeJesus followed with an infield hit and Logan Forsythe singled in a run before Souza ripped a 3-2 pitch over the center-field wall.DeJesus connected off Oliver Drake in the seventh, and Machado chased Odorizzi with a two-run drive in the bottom half.Odorizzi has gone at least six innings in 11 straight starts, tied for second place in the team record book behind James Shields (14).After Young put the Orioles ahead in the first inning, Tampa Bay took the lead in the second.Young connected again in the third to knot the score at 2. It was his fourth career multihomer game, the first since August 2011 with Minnesota.The Rays collected three singles, two doubles and a pair of walks in the first four innings but went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
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