BALTIMORE (Interstat) — The Baltimore Orioles erupted for six runs in the third inning and held on for a 7-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, snapping a three-game losing streak and splitting the four-game series.

Attendance was 15,776, and the game lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes.

Tyler Wells earned his first win of the season, allowing one hit and no runs over 1 1/3 innings of relief. Andrew Kittredge recorded his first save with a perfect ninth inning. Bryan Woo took the loss for Seattle, falling to 5-5 after giving up seven runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings.

The Mariners jumped ahead early. In the top of the first inning, leadoff batter Cole Young launched his fifth home run of the season, a line drive to right-center field, to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. Julio Rodriguez followed with a single, but Josh Naylor grounded into a double play, and Randy Arozarena struck out to end the inning.

Seattle starter Bryan Woo worked around a clean first and second inning, striking out three Orioles in the first two frames. The Mariners threatened again in the third when Young singled and Rodriguez walked, but Naylor grounded out to end the inning.

Baltimore’s offense came alive in the bottom of the third. Colton Cowser led off with his seventh home run of the season, a fly ball to left-center field, cutting the lead to 1-0. After Coby Mayo lined out, Jackson Holliday singled, and Taylor Ward singled to put runners at first and second. Gunnar Henderson walked to load the bases. Adley Rutschman then delivered the game’s pivotal hit, a double to right field that cleared the bases, scoring Ward and Henderson to give Baltimore a 4-1 lead.

Pete Alonso followed with his 15th home run of the season, a two-run shot to left-center field, extending the Orioles’ lead to 6-1. The rally ended when Samuel Basallo and Leody Taveras flied out.

Seattle responded immediately in the top of the fourth. Arozarena walked, and Luke Raley crushed his 14th home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, cutting the deficit to 6-3. Dominic Canzone followed with his ninth home run, a solo shot to right-center field, making it 6-4. After two groundouts, Colt Emerson walked, and Young singled to put runners at first and second. Rodriguez singled to right field, scoring Emerson and trimming the lead to 6-5. Naylor flied out to end the inning.

Baltimore added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth. Ward was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a groundout, and scored on a single by Rutschman, giving the Orioles a 7-5 lead. The run was charged to Woo, who was replaced after the inning.

The Mariners threatened in the eighth inning when Miles Mastrobuoni and Jhonny Pereda singled to put runners at first and second with one out, but Colt Emerson grounded out to end the inning. In the ninth, Julio Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by third baseman Blaze Alexander and moved to second on a groundout, but Arozarena grounded out to shortstop to end the game.

Seattle outhit Baltimore 9-7 but left seven runners on base. Rutschman went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Colton Cowser and Pete Alonso each homered for Baltimore. For Seattle, Cole Young had two hits and a home run, while Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone each homered.

The Orioles improved to 33-37, while the Mariners fell to 36-34. Baltimore had lost the first two games of the series before winning the final two.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Seattle 6, Baltimore 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Seattle a 53.90 percent probability to win. Seattle was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 12 went under the over-under line of 9.