Baltimore ? For one glorious night, the Baltimore Orioles turned back the clock on a promising season that abruptly turned sour.

Chris Singleton hit two of Baltimore’s season-high five home runs, and rookie John Stephens earned his second major league win as the Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 Tuesday night.

Baltimore's Jay Gibbons is met by teammate Tony Batista (10) after Gibbons hit a two-run home run against Toronto during Tuesday's game in Baltimore. Blue Jays catcher Ken Huckaby is at right.

The last time Baltimore scored more than eight runs in a game was Aug. 23, in an 11-7 victory against the Blue Jays. That victory put the Orioles at 63-63, but the following day Baltimore began a 1-18 slide.

This game, however, was a reminder of how things once were.

“I feel like tonight was the type of game I’ll remember most about this season,” Singleton said. “For the most part, we’ve had a lot of good wins, a lot of come-from-behind wins. The last couple of weeks have been tough, obviously, but this is a team that never quit. Regardless of what’s happened the past few weeks, tonight was a great night.”

Tony Batista, Chris Singleton and Marty Cordova also connected for the Orioles, who rallied from an early three-run deficit. Baltimore has won three of five since their horrendous skid.

“Hopefully we can play well like we did tonight and finish up on a good note,” said Jeff Conine, who contributed a two-run single.

Singleton hit solo shots in the fourth and seventh innings. It was his second career two-homer game, the first coming in September 1999 against the New York Yankees.

Stephens (2-4) overcame a rocky start to win for the first time in five starts since Aug. 17. The Australia native allowed four runs, six hits and four walks in six-plus innings. He struck out six.

Rookie Justin Miller (7-5) gave up five runs, five hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings.

“He’s coming off three pretty good outings and for whatever reason, tonight just wasn’t his night,” Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said.

“Really the only pitch he had control of was his slider. He was rushing all night, from his warmup pitches in the bullpen.”

Devil Rays 9, Yankees 7

St. Petersburg, Fla. Alfonso Soriano went 5-for-5 with his 39th homer, but John Flaherty hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth off Steve Karsay.

Carl Crawford had a run-scoring grounder off Ramiro Mendoza (8-4) and Aubrey Huff had an RBI single in the four-run inning.

Angels 1, Athletics 0, 10 innings

Oakland, Calif. Tim Salmon homered in the 10th inning, helping Anaheim reclaim sole possession of first place in the AL West.

Salmon’s one-out shot against closer Billy Koch (10-4) decided what began as an exceptional duel between two of the AL’s premier left-handers. Anaheim won for the 17th time in 19 games.

Mark Mulder matched his career-high with 12 strikeouts for Oakland, allowing five hits in nine masterful innings.

He was matched for eight innings by 18-game winner Jarrod Washburn, who yielded three hits in eight innings while pitching on three days’ rest.

Mariners 3, Rangers 2, 10 innings

Seattle Carlos Guillen hit a two-out single that scored pinch-runner Jose Offerman in the 10th inning and gave Seattle a victory.

Twins 7, Tigers 4

Detroit Jacque Jones had four hits, including a home run, helping Minnesota.

Luis Rivas tied a career high with four hits and Brad Radke (9-4) sent Detroit to its 21st loss in 26 games.

Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his 42nd save.

Red Sox 4, Indians 2

Boston Tim Wakefield (11-5) won his fourth straight start, allowing five hits in eight innings, and Manny Ramirez hit his seventh homer in 11 games.

C.C. Sabathia (11-11) allowed eight hits in his second complete game this season both losses.

Late Monday game
M’s 6, Rangers 5, 11 innings

Seattle Ichiro Suzuki drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the 11th. He finished 3-for-4 with three walks. Texas stranded 16 runners and lost its fourth in a row.